Industrial buns


 We are walking, again, on that narrow strip of land between sea and mountain.  Enjoy it.  It isn’t raining in the pictures.  The forecast for today - and the next three days ,suggests about 50% chance of rain.  




As we approach the N-632 we will pass La Casa en el Camino.  https://lacasaenelcamino.com/ Check in time is 3 and check out, 11.  Generally people seem happy in what they got - from a one star hotel.  Civilin, a year ago, was less so ‘The house is quite good. The rooms are not excessively large but the beds are comfortable and the bathrooms are very new. There are common areas. The breakfast they offer for adults seems expensive for what they offer: industrial buns and bread with butter and jam.’







The Restaurante El Paso de Buelna is next on our list.  Over 1000 people have given it 4.6 stars.   Fababda tops the references in the Google Research and turbot comes second.   Yesterday Francisco wrote ‘Highly recommended. Fresh fish. For those who like fish it is wonderful. The only drawback I have is that they do not accept reservations, but arriving around 2 in the afternoon there is no problem getting a table either. Very good’  




The owner replied ‘Thank you very much Framcisco Javier, we are glad that you liked it, we did not accept reservations because there were people who did not come and did not bother to notify so that their table would be occupied, 2 years ago in the middle of the August long weekend we were passed with a table of 14 and another 12 on the same day, it is true that not everyone is the same, but if we warn you that you come early you will not have much problem having a place, thank you very much for understanding, greetings from Buelna!!!’





So we come to an end.

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