tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post2286683800186112818..comments2024-03-13T18:03:14.612+01:00Comments on South Of Watford: NaviaGraemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-55169302164406427462009-09-07T22:41:41.880+02:002009-09-07T22:41:41.880+02:00Well the place didn't look too great the first...Well the place didn't look too great the first time around, and probably if I hadn't met the people I did I would have been back on the FEVE the next day. That said, the surroundings are beautiful and the weather was better than the photo of the distant hills suggests. This time it was a lightning visit for old times sake tagged on to the end of a weekend a few miles further down the coast toward Galicia - in one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline I have seen in Spain. Post forthcoming. I think its interesting how chance changes your perception of places, you can have a bad time in the most beautiful city on the planet - I'll always have a good memory of Navia even if it's not an entirely accurate one.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-86285657560483453562009-09-07T22:06:56.028+02:002009-09-07T22:06:56.028+02:00Joaquín Sabina says (sings) that "al lugar do...Joaquín Sabina says (sings) that "al lugar donde has sido feliz no debieras tratar de volver", and he is right. Nevertheless, that is one of those strange things that we do as humans: even knowing that it is not going to be the same anymore, we feel the need to go back to those places where we once felt something special. I do that all the time.<br /><br />The place looks really ugly ;-)Evaristohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986210852566845314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-33278534705750452982009-09-07T18:36:31.474+02:002009-09-07T18:36:31.474+02:00I spent half of August travelling by Feve from San...I spent half of August travelling by Feve from Santiago de Compostela to San Sebastián. You were possibly in Navia when I passed through, though we only stopped in Oviedo, Santander and Bilbao -- in the <i>Semana grande</i>, not a good idea.<br /><br />That coast is a wonderful part of Spain, with quite amazing food.Lavengrohttp://lavengro.typepad.com/lavengro_in_spain/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-28455436103554698822009-09-07T14:39:49.486+02:002009-09-07T14:39:49.486+02:00Looks like Inverness.Looks like Inverness.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-76543365571997312612009-09-06T23:40:13.988+02:002009-09-06T23:40:13.988+02:00I visited Navia many years ago when i lived in Ast...I visited Navia many years ago when i lived in Asturias but cannot remember one outstanding feature, I wasn't there in fiestas I suppose. However just like everywhere in Asturias the atmosphere was nice and the place has a stunning beauty, Asturias that is. That thought came to me many times while up there and I finished up living in Gijón for six years.<br />Great post.Valencia Propertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604940814486852415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-36914424439118284232009-09-06T12:39:21.856+02:002009-09-06T12:39:21.856+02:00My first experience of Spain was also of a small t...My first experience of Spain was also of a small town on the northern coast(Comillas in my case). I loved it too, but got pretty much the same weather as I see from your photos you got in Navia, so my "I could come back here" was tempered with "but to the other side of the mountains, where it doesn't rain so much".<br /><br />And I also reached my final destination (years later)as a result of running away from the bad weather in the Pyranees. I was walking the GR 10 at the time, but due to snow decided to turn off onto the GR 65, which I only later dicovered was the Camino de Santiago.Pueblo girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904318623281033442noreply@blogger.com