SUGERENCIA PARA LA SOBREMESA / SUGGESTION FOR AFTER LUNCH

Ya que, durante estas fiestas navideñas, solemos aparcar ciertos prejuicios, olvidar viejos achaques, y dar alguna licencia a nuestro estómago para una especial ingesta de dulces, quiero, sin que sirva de precedente, aportar mi modesta contribución con esta propuesta de rosquillas, que, de seguro, nada tendrán que envidiar a los turrones, mazapanes y otras tradicionales golosinas al uso.

Because, during the Christmas holidays, we tend to park certain prejudices, forget old pains, and give some license to our stomach for a special intake of sweets, I want, but not as precedent, bring my modest contribution with this proposal of donuts, which, surely,  will be as good as the nougat, marzipan and other sweets to traditional use.

ROSQUILLAS DE ANÍS

Tiempo de preparación: 55  minutos aproximadamente

Dificultad: Muy fácil

INGREDIENTES (Para preparar aproximadamente 1 kg. de rosquillas):

2 Huevos grandes, o 3 medianos.- 1 tacita de aceite de oliva virgen extra (equivalente a 9 cucharadas soperas).- 1 trozo de mantequilla (equivalente a 2 cucharadas soperas, una vez diluida).- 5 cucharadas soperas de azúcar bien colmadas- 1/2 Kg.  de harina de trigo (equivalente a 27 cucharadas soperas colmadas).- 1 cucharada sopera de royal.- 1 copita de anís dulce de calidad (equivalente a 6 o 7 cucharadas soperas).

ELABORACIÓN:

Paso 1:

En un recipiente poner la harina y añadir la cucharada de royal; remover el conjunto hasta conseguir una mezcla muy homogénea.

Paso 2:

Poner en un bol los huevos bien batidos, añadiendo a continuación el anís, el azúcar, el aceite y la mantequilla bien diluida.- Batir el conjunto hasta que quede perfectamente homogéneo, evitando que la mantequilla se cuaje formando grumos.

Paso 3:

Añadir a la mezcla preparada en el paso anterior, la mezcla de harina y royal previamente preparada.- Debe añadirse de cucharada en cucharada, mezclando muy bien la masa hasta que quede muy homogénea antes de añadir la cucharada siguiente. Deberá obtenerse una masa muy uniforme, no pegajosa y fácilmente moldeable.

Paso 4:

Con la masa ya preparada formar las rosquillas al tamaño que se desee, espolvoreando un poco de harina para que se puedan trabajar bien, sin que se peguen.- Se recomienda que el grosor de las rosquillas, en masa, no sea inferior a 1,5 cm, ni superior a 2,5 cm.

Paso 5:

Antes de formar las rosquillas, se pondrá al fuego una sartén con aceite a calentar, con objeto de que se puedan ir introduciendo en la misma de forma inmediata.- El aceite para introducir las rosquillas deberá estar bien caliente y la cantidad a emplear deberá ser la necesaria para cubrir completamente las rosquillas. Dorar bien, sin pasarse, con objeto de que queden firmes y jugosas, pero no duras.

Paso 6:

Colocar las rosquillas doradas en una fuente espolvoreando azúcar sobre las mismas al gusto. Se recomienda dejar enfriar antes de comer.- Están mejor al día siguiente que el día de su elaboración. Se aconseja consumir antes de 3 días para que no endurezcan.

OBSERVACIONES:

Recetas para rosquillas hay por docenas, pero, como esta, seguro que ninguna. El 100% de las personas que las probaron, hasta la fecha, dieron su completa aprobación. 
¡BUEN PROVECHO!

 

ANISE DONUT
Preparation time: About 55 minutes
Difficulty: Very easy

INGREDIENTS (for about 1 kg. of donuts):

2 large eggs or 3 medium .- 1 small cup of extra virgin olive oil (equivalent to 9  tablespoons).-  1 piece of butter (equivalent to 2 tablespoons, once diluted).- 5 tablespoons sugar well filled.-  0,5 kg of wheat flour (equivalent to 27 heaping tablespoons).-  1 tablespoon of baking powder .- 1 glass of sweet anise quality (equivalent to 6 or 7 tablespoons)

PREPARATION:

Step 1:

In a bowl put the flour and add the tablespoon of baking powder; mix well these components to achieve a very homogenous product.

Step 2:

Put in a bowl the eggs well beaten, then adding anise, sugar, oil and butter very well diluted. Beat well until to get very homogeneous mixture, preventing the formation of lumps of butter.

Step 3

Add to the mixture prepared in the previous step, the mixture of flour and the baking powder previously prepared .- It must be added gradually, of tablespoon in tablespoon, proceeding to mix well before adding the next spoonful. The mass should be obtained very smooth, not sticky and easily moldable.

Step 4

With the prepared dough,  make the donuts to the size desired; sprinkle a little flour so they can work well, without sticking .- It is recommended that the thickness of donuts, en masse, have not less than 1, 5 cm, and not more than 2.5 cm.

Step 5

Before you make the donuts, put a frying pan with oil to heat so that they can be introduced into it immediately .- The oil should be well hot and the amount used should be the required to cover all the donuts. Let to brown well, without going over, in order to remain firm and juicy, but not hard.

Step 6

Place the donuts in a fountain, sprinkling sugar on them to taste. It is recommended to cool before eating .- They are better the day after the day of production. It is best to consume in within 3 days,  from the date of manufacture, to avoid to harden.

COMMENTS:

There are recipes for donuts by the dozen, but, as this, surely no. The 100% of the people who tested this product, to date, gave their full approval.

GOOD APPETITE!

PARA REFLEXIONAR (TO REFLECT)

La excesiva carga de trabajo y sacrificios que, en no pocas ocasiones, asumimos  de forma voluntaria, con el aparente objetivo de vivir mejor, y que, en la mayoría de los casos, solo sirve para alimentar nuestra vanidad, pueden llegar a provocar, más temprano que tarde, precisamente el efecto contrario. Si a esto le unimos que vivimos esclavos de la inmediatez, en la era del "más deprisa todavía", cometiendo el error de considerar la vida como una emergencia, las posibilidades de encontrar la serenidad y el equilibrio personal se vuelven más difíciles, complicando aún más, si cabe, nuestra existencia. La derivada es que las personas, atrapadas en la tensión que provoca el mundo laboral, las largas jornadas de trabajo, los problemas cotidianos del hogar, el escaso tiempo dedicado al descanso, etcétera, unido al cada vez más complicado y exigente entorno en el que vivimos, sufren de nerviosismo y estrés (entendido este como una versión de la ansiedad generada por el trepidante ritmo de vida que absorbe todo nuestro tiempo), reducen paulatinamente la relación con la familia y amigos, pasan a vivir en un mundo que no les es propio y, poco a poco, de forma inexorable, terminan en el aislamiento. La desmedida ambición por alcanzar éxito profesional, cegados por los beneficios que, no siempre de forma acertada, se le atribuye, lleva a muchas personas a una situación límite que desemboca en su propio fracaso personal, lo que, a la postre, cautivos de sus propios errores, terminarán con todos sus sueños y proyectos. Excesivo precio para tan corto recorrido, máxime considerando las tantas veces escasos y siempre efímeros resultados, que puede hipotecar el resto de nuestras vidas. 

Desgraciadamente, en los últimos años de nuestra existencia, en el ocaso de la vida, cuando los recuerdos se amontonan en la  mente y hacemos el balance de nuestro pasado, es bastante penoso de aceptar como las alegrías proporcionadas por todo lo que hemos conseguido, quedan, muy frecuentemente,  empañadas por la melancolía de todo lo que hemos perdido. En estas ocasiones, todos desearíamos fervientemente tener la posibilidad de rectificar; pero, en ese momento, ya es demasiado tarde.

 

Como no siempre tenemos, o más bien no intentamos buscar, la ocasión de pausar nuestra frenética dinámica cotidiana, para pararnos a reflexionar unos momentos sobre nuestra propia existencia, lo que seguramente nos haría modificar muchas de nuestras pautas de comportamiento y cambiar algunos criterios, me parece oportuno incluir en este breve comentario algunas expresiones que, si nos paramos a meditar, nos podrían ayudar a ello. 

TO REFLECT

The excessive workload and sacrifices that, on many occasions, is made in voluntary form, with the apparent aim of achieving a better life, and that, in most cases, only serve to feed our vanity, can lead us, sooner or later, precisely an opposite reaction. If to this we add that we live slaves of immediacy, in the era of "faster yet," committing the mistake of looking at life as an emergency, the chances of finding serenity and personal balance become more difficult, further complicating our lives. The derivative is that people, caught for the tension exerted by the world of work, the long hours of work, the everyday problems of the home, the little time devoted to rest, etc., coupled with increasingly complicated and demanding environment in which live, suffer from anxiety and stress (understood as a version of the anxiety generated by the fast rhythm of life that takes all our time), reduce gradually the relationship with family and friends, go to live in a world that is foreign to them and, gradually, inexorably, ending in the isolation. The inordinate ambition to achieve professional success, blinded by the benefits, that not always, are attached to it, leads many people to an extreme situation that leads to their own personal failure, which, ultimately, captives by their own mistakes, end with all their dreams and projects. Excessive price for such a short trip, especially considering the often scarce and always ephemeral results, which may mortgage the rest of our lives. 
Unfortunately, in the last years of our existence, in the twilight of life, when memories crowd the mind and we make the balance of our past, it is quite painful to accept as the joys provided for everything we have achieved, are very often fogged by the melancholy of everything that we lost. On these occasions, all us would wish fervently be able to rectify; but, in that time, it's too late.

As not always we have, or perhaps do not try to find, enough time to pause in our daily dynamics to reflect on our own existence, which we surely would change many of our patterns of behavior and change some criteria, I seems appropriate to include, in this brief commentary, some expressions that, read carefully and meditated deeply, could us to help that to do it.

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PARA LEER, Y MEDITAR,  CON ATENCIÓN / TO READ, AND TO MEDITATE, CAREFULLY

Cuando la ambición se convierte en codicia, no tiene más límite que el de la propia destrucción de quien la padece.

When ambition becomes greed, has no limit other than the self-destruction of the one who suffers that.

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Cuando nos olvidamos excesivamente de los demás, corremos el riesgo de que estos se olviden completamente de nosotros.

When we forget too much of others, we run the risk that they completely forget  of us.

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El obrar siempre de acuerdo con nuestra conciencia, es la mayor garantía de vivir en paz los últimos años de nuestra existencia.

The act always according to our conscience, is the best guarantee to live in peace the last years of our existence. 

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La ingratitud es la moneda que utilizan los miserables para pagar los dones, bienes y favores que reciben.-

The ingratitude is the currency used by the miserable for to pay the gifts, goods and favors that they receive.

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Si hay muchas vidas miserables, es porque todavía quedan muchos miserables con vida. 

If there are many miserable lives, is because there are still many miserable with life.

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Sólo hay algo tan importante como nuestra vida: la huella que dejemos cuando la abandonemos.

Only there's just something as important as our lives: The footprint we leave when we are gone.

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Aunque en la vida es imprescindible marcarse objetivos, lo más importante no está en los que establecemos, sino en los caminos que emprendemos para consegirlos.

Although in the life is essential  set goals, the most important is not what we establish, but the roads we take for to get it.

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Más importante que celebrar los triunfos es aprender de los errores. No existe mayor error que no haber corregido el último cometido. Cada fracaso nos enseña algo que necesitábamos aprender. Hay que tener en cuenta que el éxito oculta lo que el fracaso descubre.

More important that celebrate the triumphs is learning from mistakes. There is no greater mistake that not having corrected the latter committed. Every failure teaches us something we needed to learn. Keep in mind that the success usually hides what the failure always discovers

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EN CONCLUSIÓN / TO CONCLUDE

En un mundo tan material como el que hemos construido, en el que hemos vuelto a colocar en los altares el becerro de oro, quedando los sentimientos subordinados a los intereses, es importante volver a plantearse las eternas cuestiones vitales de nuestra existencia: ¿Quiénes somos? ¿De dónde venimos? ¿Adónde vamos? En este escenario, recurrir a lecturas como el “Soliloquio de Segismundo”, de Calderón de la Barca, o “Coplas por la muerte de su padre”, de Jorge Manrique, entre otras, son más que adecuadas para la ocasión y pueden proporcionarnos una adecuada terapia.

In a world as material as we have built, in which we again placed on the altars of the golden calf, and the feelings being subordinated to the interests, it is important to rethink the eternal vital questions of our existence: Who are we ? Where do we come? Where do we go? In this scenario, use the readings as the "Soliloquy of Sigismund", of Calderón de la Barca, or "Verses on the death of his father", of Jorge Manrique, among others, is the more adequate for the occasion and can provide us adequate therapy.

C. Díaz Fdez.

Oviedo, 15 de noviembre de 2011 (Oviedo, November 15, 2011)

LA CITA DEL 20-N EN ESPAÑA

Que hable bien. Se necesita

   Después de una larguísima y machacona precampaña electoral, iniciada de facto desde el mismo momento en el que el presidente Zapatero anunciara, el pasado 29 de julio,  la convocatoria de elecciones generales anticipadas, entramos de lleno en la campaña que nos llevará hasta  el día de reflexión, sábado 19 de noviembre, y, por fin, el 20 de noviembre, podremos ejercitar nuestro legítimo derecho al voto. Lamentablemente, y dado que la  democracia aún no ha alcanzado plenamente a la legislación que regula los procesos electorales en España, para elegir a los futuros diputados nos tendremos que conformar con  votar solo a unas siglas, o, lo que es lo mismo, a unas listas cerradas en las que figuran, por riguroso orden, los nombres pactados, o impuestos, dentro de las propias organizaciones políticas, hurtando al ciudadano, de esta manera, una parte importante de su capacidad para expresar sus preferencias. En definitiva, no podremos votar a nombres, solo a partidos. No es lo deseable, pero, de momento, es lo que hay.

   Se nos ha ido una nueva legislatura, quizás la más triste y nefasta, en base a resultados y consecuencias, de todas las de nuestra reciente democracia, en la que los españoles hemos perdido casi de todo sin ganar prácticamente nada, con el clientelismo y el sectarismo como principales señas de identidad. El empleo, la economía, la educación, la sanidad, la justicia, y hasta nuestro prestigio exterior, han sufrido importantes retrocesos durante este período, no solo por la deriva de la convulsa situación política y económica que está afectando a otros países de nuestro entorno e influencia, sino, y en gran medida, gracias a las erráticas políticas de unos dirigentes incapaces de conducir a un país de las posibilidades de España, en los difíciles momentos de coyuntura internacional que tuvimos y estamos pasando, por los caminos del progreso, el desarrollo y la auténtica modernización, mientras, por otro lado, se dedicaban a comprar voluntades, a cualquier precio, y a despilfarrar el dinero en múltiples banalidades o proyectos tan alucinantes como el de la “elaboración de un mapa de inervación y excitación sexual en clítoris y labios menores”, entre otras muchas frivolidades que podríamos citar. 

Optimismo desbordante

El próximo 20 de noviembre, los que hayamos sobrevivido al interminable aluvión de promesas, recetas más o menos milagrosas, críticas al contrario y todo tipo de reclamos tendentes a la captación del voto, o hayamos tenido la paciencia, o curiosidad, de leer las declaraciones de intenciones contenidas en los programas electorales de los partidos concurrentes, particularmente extensa en el caso del PP, tendremos la oportunidad de optar por uno de los modelos que nos ofrecen los dos grandes partidos con posibilidades reales de gobernar. Sin menosprecio de otras formaciones políticas de nivel regional o estatal, que, en cualquier caso, solo serán puramente testimoniales, lo cierto es que tendremos que decidir si nos quedamos con lo malo conocido o lo bueno por conocer. 

   Frente a un candidato como Rubalcaba, que hace todo lo que puede por desmarcarse de las políticas de un otrora ensalzado y ahora vituperado Zapatero, al que le prestó decidida e incondicional colaboración durante todos sus años como integrante  de su equipo de Gobierno, en diferentes e importantes responsabilidades, nos encontramos con un Rajoy exultante y seguro de que, con la que ha caído, la situación de excepción en la que se encuentra el País y los vientos favorables que le están soplando, el camino del Palacio de La Moncloa lo tiene más que expedito. Mientras que el candidato socialista tendrá que echar mano, sin reservas, de todos sus recursos: argumentos, argucias, tretas y capacidad de convicción, el popular está firmemente convencido de que solo le bastará con seguir aplicando  el viejo proverbio árabe que tan sutilmente viene utilizando: sentarse a la puerta de su casa hasta ver pasar el cadáver de su enemigo. En esta situación, y para un observador imparcial, parece que todo el pescado está vendido; pero, a pesar de ello, nunca se deberá despreciar el factor sorpresa. La capacidad de maniobra de Rubalcaba para enredar las cosas es prácticamente infinita y, a buen seguro, todavía no ha sacado el último conejo de su chistera. La carrera no ha hecho más que empezar y, como en toda competición, no siempre el triunfo final cae del lado de los favoritos. Por esa razón, no es aconsejable poner anticipadamente el champagne a enfriar.

Adiós, ZP, adiós

Como las muchas encuestas de opinión elaboradas por los distintos medios, de una y otra tendencia, coinciden en dar una amplia mayoría a los populares, si, a la hora de la verdad, las urnas confirman estas impresiones, lo único que tendremos que desear, tanto los de un equipo como los del otro, es que  el nuevo gobierno formado por el PP sea capaz de encontrar el camino que nos saque del  laberinto en el que hemos caído. La empresa no será fácil, exigirá sacrificios y, con toda seguridad, producirá daños colaterales; lo más importante, lo verdaderamente deseable, es que estos no recaigan solo y exclusivamente en los de siempre: en los más débiles y desfavorecidos.

   Ya que la situación de España no admite más experimentos, y si tenemos claro que para llegar a buen puerto es imprescindible corregir el rumbo de la nave, será necesaria la colaboración de todos, propios y extraños, colocar a cada remero en su adecuada posición y bogar juntos en la misma dirección. Dado que Rajoy está muy puesto en  que hay que hacer las cosas como Dios manda, y esperamos que en esto no vaya a equivocarse, a Él nos encomendamos. 

C. Díaz Fdez.

Oviedo, 06/11/2011

THE ELECTION DATE OF 20-N IN SPAIN

Political battle

After a long and tedious initial election campaign, initiated in fact from the very moment that President Zapatero announced, on July 29, the call for early general elections, we fully in the real campaign that will take us until the day of reflection, saturday November 19, and finally, on November 20, we will exercise our legitimate right to vote. Unfortunately, and given that democracy has not fully reached the legislation governing the electoral process in Spain to elect the future deputies, the spanish we have only to resign with the vote an acronym only, or, which is the same, to a closed list where the names are imposed by their own political organizations, with stealing to the citizen of his ability to express their preferences. In short, we can not vote for names, only for the political parties. It is not desirable, but for now, is the only thing you can do.

   It has been the end of a new stage, perhaps the most sad and disastrous, based on results and consequences, of all of our new democracy, in which the spanish have lost almost everything without earning almost nothing, with the patronage and sectarianism as the main signs of identity. Jobs, economy, education, health, justice, and to our reputation abroad, have suffered major setbacks during this period, not only by the drift of the turbulent political and economic situation that is affecting other neighboring countries, also, to a large extent, thanks to the erratic policies of our leaders manifestly unable for to lead a country of the possibilities as Spain, in the international situation difficult moments we had and we are passing, along the paths of progress, development and modernization authentic, while, on the other hand, were buying favors, at any price, and wasting much money on trivialities or multiple projects as amazing as that of "creating a map of innervation and sexual arousal the clitoris labia, "among other frivolities that we could cite.

 

Zapatero "Never again"

On 20 November, those who have survived the endless barrage of promises, more or less miraculous recipes, disqualifications for the political opponent and all sorts of claims designed to capture the vote, or have had the patience or curiosity to read the statements of intent contained in the election programs of parties competing, particularly extensive in the case of PP, we have the opportunity to choose one of the models that we offer the two big parties with a real chance to govern. Without disparagement of other political formations regional or state level, which, in any case, only will be purely testimonial, the truth is that we have to decide if we stay with the devil they know or the good without knowing.

   Faced with a candidate like Rubalcaba, who does everything he can to distance himself from the policies of the once-praised and now blamed Zapatero, who lent his decisive and unconditional cooperation during all his years as a member of his government team, in different and important responsibilities, we find a Rajoy exultant and confident that, with which it has fallen, the emergency situation in which the Country is, and favorable winds that are blowing him, the way to the Moncloa Palace it is completely clear. While the socialist candidate will have to draw upon, without reservations, of all its resources: arguments, subtlety, tricks and powers of persuasion, the popular candidate is firmly convinced that only have to keep using the old Arab proverb that has been used of so skillful: continue sitting at the door of his house for to see pass the body of his enemy. In this situation, and to an impartial observer, it seems that all fish is already sold, but, nevertheless, must never neglect the element surprise. The ability of maneuverability for to alter things of Rubalcaba is virtually infinite, and, surely, has not yet pulled the last rabbit from his hat. The race has just begun and, as with any competition, the final triumph is not always fall on the side of the favorites. For that reason, it is not advisable to advance the champagne to cool.

Gesture very suspect

   As the  opinion polls produced by various means, of one and another trend, expressed full agreement with a large majority to the Partido Popular, yes, the moment of truth, the results confirm these impressions, the only thing that we want, both a team like the other, is that the new government formed by the PP be able to find a way to get us out of the labyrinth in which we have fallen. The road ahead will not be easy, will require sacrifices, and surely will cause collateral damage; the more important, what is really desirable is that it does not fall, solely and exclusively, on the weakest and disadvantaged.

   Since the situation in Spain does not support more experiments, if we want to come to fruition is necessary to correct the direction of the ship. It will require the cooperation of all, own and strange, we need to place each rower in its proper position  and row together in the same direction. Since Rajoy is very willing to do things as God intended, and hope that in this is not going to make mistakes, in God trust we  and that He protect us.

C. Díaz fdez.

Oviedo, November 6, 2011

A WALK BY RIBADEO AND ITS ESTUARY

Ribadeo (Commercial port)

Although to speak of the galician estuaries is usually associated with low estuaries, those that spread from cape Finisterre to the portuguese border, in no case we should despise the potential of the high estuaries, which are located from the east of the cape cited to the boundary of the province of Lugo, in his dividing line with Asturias. Although the low estuaries have a size bigger than the rest, a great natural wealth, extensive fish farming and a significant tourist attraction, the high estuaries can make available to the visitor enough incentive in order that he does not feel ever disappointed.

Despite I know, well enough, the Galician coast, and the evolution that comes experienced during the last times, in this concrete case I want to do a brief reference to Ribadeo and his estuary, who is shared in its margin right, downstream, by small and picturesque Asturian peoples, such as Vegadeo, Castropol and Figueras.

Estuary of river Eo

Ribadeo, with an urban core near to 7.000 inhabitants, is one of the most important village of the coast of Lugo. His geographical situation, located in the northeastern end of the province, allows  to enjoy of temperatures moderated during all the stations of the year as well as of an excellent and varied landscape, that, joined an acceptable gastronomic offer and his big possibilities of leisure and free time, offers sufficient attractions to the traveler  to be considered  an appetizing place of destination. Apart of the enjoyment of his beaches and of the different tourist routes that can be realized, inside the own village and his region, during the which it is possible to estimate the features most typical of his artistic and cultural wealth, his architecture, and his estimable religious heritage, the most interesting thing, particularly for all the fans of the sports related to the sea, they are the possibilities that his sports port offers, tourist resource of the first order that allows the practice of all kinds of nautical activities in the agreeable and pleasant environment of her estuary, in which, for the lovers of the fishing, can find the most estimated species: sea basses and gilded, between others. In this respect, I believe that it is opportune make mention to an interesting managerial project that, though it is giving his first steps, I am sure that will help, once consolidated, not only to offer  an estimable service to all the lovers of the navigation and the sports fishing, but to putting a differential note in the tourist offer of this maritime and riverside locality. I refer to the company “Afloat”, put in march for the enthusiast Pedro Lázaro, whose information can be located in his web page, www.aflote.com, to whom I want, from this blog, send a cordial greeting and to wish the major of the successes.

Figueras (Partial view)

After a nice and well-deserved day of leisure, employed in any of the many and varied activities that can occupy the free time, it's time for the revitalization, meeting the needs of the stomach without to forget or disregard the satisfaction of  palate. It is not difficult to find places in Ribadeo where you can combine both, but, for true fans of the cuisine, with style and quality, do not miss a visit to the restaurant San Miguel. Its privileged location, with excellent views of day and night, coupled with the quality and selection of its products, excellent cuisine, as well as the appropriate qualification and professionalism of its staff, make this establishment an obligatory stop, that, without doubt, will leave you fully satisfied.

    When choosing accommodation, the best option, within a wide range available, and without disparagement of other possibilities, is the choice of Parador. Its strategic location, with magnificent views, and the estimable quality of their services, make it optimal to enjoy a peaceful and pleasant days.



Castropol

The warm reception that the ribadenses offer to all who visit them, general feature in almost all the people of Galicia, is always well appreciated by all who come to their land and leaves a pleasant aftertaste that invites you to return.

If you do not yet know Ribadeo, and has the opportunity to visit this village, I can give you a good tip, that I'am sure will you appreciate: be sure to visit the monastery of Santa Clara, and buy any of the products manufactured in this place by Clares nuns, than offered for sale through the lathe. Sure that, in addition to the sensations that you will carry out from this town, this will be the sweetest memory. Of course, this will be the most ephemeral, but, still, worth it.

Beach of "Las Catedrales" (Partial view)

Finally, I not want to end this brief article without recommending, as well, to visit the beach of "Las Catedrales", one of the most beautiful on the Galician coast, and probably the country, with admirable rock formations where nature offers us its enormous artistic capacity, very superior to that which can be derived from human art. What you have to take into account is that this beach, at certain times of the year, due to the large influx of visitors, has restricted access, so you must previously request the mandatory permit for the day and time you intend to visit . Reservations can be requested on the portal that the "Xunta de Galicia" has created for this purpose, using the direct access indicated below:

 https://ascatedrais.xunta.gal/monatr/inicio?lang=es

C. Díaz Fdez.

Oviedo, October 17, 2011