Days 61-67 (Oct 29th continued - 4th Nov) - Allende - Ribadesella - Cudillero - Madrid - London - Seoul -Sydney
Day 61 continued (29th Oct) (14.33 km) - Allende to Ribadesella: After our hike we wended our way back down the winding road to the coast and then to a town called Ribadesella. On our way we had lunch at an interesting town called Colombres. We did not really explore (nothing much was open anyway - not even the tourist info). However, we did find a bit of history associated with the town that piqued our interest. There was a museum in a grand old mansion for Emigration. Outside one of the gates leading up to the museum was this sculpture. There were other signs indicating that the museum was about 'Indianos'. Turns out that Indianos was the term given to Spanish people who emigrated to the Americas. Some made big money and returned to this part of Spain in particular, building these mansions to show off their success. Sounds just like what is happening now in Portugal where lots of the young people from rural Portugal are leaving to go and live in Belgium, Switzerland and Fr...