Camino Norte, day 11, Avile

Due to time constraints, and our goal to walk the last 100 km, we rented a car and headed to the furthest town where there was an Avis dealship. That town was Avile, a town of 78,000, with roots in prehistoric times, recognized in as the premier Asturian port by Alfonso III in 905 AD. Many ships were built in Avile for the Great Invincible Fleet (Spanish Armada) in 1588.

The industrial part of town was not that interesting, but we soon were in the old town, where our hotel was. We were in the Hotel Don Pedro, on the right in the picture below. The hotel is named after Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, a mariner from Aviles and founder of St. Augustine in Florida.

Spanish menus: some items you might see on menus in Spain are these:

Desayono - breakfast

cafe con leche - coffee with milk (latte)

tortilla Espanola - potato-cheese-egg pie slice, shown below

Entrantes - Starters

Cecina a la pimienta con virutas de queso - beef with pepper and cheese

tosta do pan y queso con algo mas - toasted bread and cheese and something more

ensalada mixta - mixed salad, expect to see tuna, hard boiled egg, pickled asparagus, tomato, onion, and lettuce, as shown below: