To boldy go where Coyotuco has not been.

We are going to bumble our way into the place where the VIth legion set up a camp in 29BC and where, in 910AD, it became a capital city and focus of the Reconquest. Among its many famous offspring are Buenaventura Durruti, the anarchist leader, Moises de Leon, rabbi, kabbalist and author of the Zohar and former Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.



We will be soon approaching the Puente Castro/ As big stone bridges it is pretty well liked, it gets an average of 4.6 stars. Coyotuco says of it ‘A historic bridge over the "TORÍO" river.’, Not much is to be said, but once we cross the river we are straight into Club Latin Lover. https://latinloverleon.com/ I have been to the website, so you don’t have to. You have to admit to being over 18 to go in. It is all you could expect. You know, I think I will let you read the Google reviews for yourself. To be honest I think Google Translate leaves something missing here. Funnily enough Coyotuco hasn’t reviewed the place.




We are advancing through unmistakably Spain urban environments, with flats atop shops and just occasionally the very elderly one story house which developers forgot to develop. We are not far from the Restaurant Atrio and its readily available menu.  https://www.restauranteatrio.es/carta.asp Galician-style octopus will cost you 20 euros, crab pie 10, veggie stew 8.50 and Biscayan-styled cod 16.50.

Enough of that, we come to an unlisted cafe at the end of the day - it does have some shade.






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