Post by Wynette: Today was another easy day. We walked 6.5 miles, not too much up and down except for final steep decent into Luarca (photo above). Here is the track. Luarca is a pretty and vibrant town of about 10,000. We walked to our hotel, left our stuff, immediately went to the harbor area looking for a good seafood restaurant. (That walk around Luarca added another 2.5 miles to our day.) We had a seafood lunch that couldn’t be beat. The waiter (probably the restaurant owner) gave Charlie a lesson in how to drink sidra. This is a video of that. Might take a minute to load. But Charlie learned his lesson well. (Another video.) Charlie wanted me to explain that the sidra is a bit sour.
Oh yes, the scallops look lovely. I noticed that they have the “coral,” the pink roe attached to the scallop muscle. That is the best part!! You never find them served this way in the United States, but in Europe they always include the coral. The one time I had a scallop risotto on our recent trip to Australia, they also included the coral.