Picos de Europa
October 7th, 2009
We drove to the nearby mountain range. Passed Covadonga, where the Christians successfully fought off the Moors in the 8th century.
The Asturian landscape and the Picos are gorgeous. The traditional farms have these plantation-like raised structures for drying crops (see the blue house picture, which sports the Asturian cross).
On the way back we happened upon a little 12th C. church, S. Juan de Amandi.
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- Covadonga
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- Asturian Farmhouse
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- Farmhouse
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- Hillside Outside Gijon
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- Nearing Picos de Europa
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- Happy Cow
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- They Own the Road
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- Mountain Goats
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- More Happy Cows
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- Picos Lake
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- Looking for Blackberries
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- Picos Mt. Road
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- Sheep Dog
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- S. Juan de Amandi
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- View from Church
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- View from Side
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- Church Cemetary
Copyright 2009 Diana Rathe Pray
