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Areas in : Avilés | Covadonga (1) | Gijón (5) | Oviedo (14)
June 20th 2009 Europe » Spain » Principality of Asturias » Oviedo
I arrived back in Oviedo last week for the final 17 days of my year abroad, and somehow, 11 of them have already disappeared! Time has mainly been taken up with revision and exams, and Oviedo, in its ... 4 photos [full story]
I arrived back in Oviedo last week for the final 17 days of my year abroad, and somehow, 11 of them have already disappeared! Time has mainly been taken up with revision and exams, and Oviedo, in its ... 4 photos [full story]
June 7th 2009 Europe » Spain » Principality of Asturias » Covadonga
We are on yet another holiday! This time we are on a 4 day mini break in Spain. Green Spain, as the name suggests, is the bit of Spain that is very green. It is on the northern coast and it does not ... 8 photos [full story]
We are on yet another holiday! This time we are on a 4 day mini break in Spain. Green Spain, as the name suggests, is the bit of Spain that is very green. It is on the northern coast and it does not ... 8 photos [full story]
June 3rd 2009 Europe » Spain » Principality of Asturias » Oviedo
I'm taking a break from packing from my birthday trip home to write this, excitable and surrounded by clothes and general disorder! Finally, we've had a week of glorious sunshine. It's been so hot ... 10 photos [full story]
I'm taking a break from packing from my birthday trip home to write this, excitable and surrounded by clothes and general disorder! Finally, we've had a week of glorious sunshine. It's been so hot ... 10 photos [full story]
May 17th 2009 Europe » Spain » Principality of Asturias
Well, they weren't wrong when they said it rained in Oviedo, and coming from Britain, you wouldn't think that would be too much of a problem. But what we don't get in Britain is the astounding unpredi ... 7 photos [full story]
Well, they weren't wrong when they said it rained in Oviedo, and coming from Britain, you wouldn't think that would be too much of a problem. But what we don't get in Britain is the astounding unpredi ... 7 photos [full story]
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