Eats and activities--so what else is new?

Been a loooooonnngggg time since the last post, yes I know.  I had a very good reason--computer issues, so now that is solved, there are tons of photos to share!! :)  All from summer and the warm days of seasons past......

First off, some good eats to tempt everyone....

A grand ole seafood feast at home...

...continues with more varieties of dishes!

Then one cold weekend, we made beans with clams...mmmmmm......the result was perfect, according to the panel of judges...

And who can forget tweaking and upgrading our sushi skills?  Thanks fujimama.com for the idea of the little balls!  They are fun and easy to make, look great and taste yummy!

Tuna tataki attempt--maybe slightly overcooked but still delicious...

And then of course we went out for food sometimes.  This was a big gathering to eat the famous beans with seafood in Pechón, a little town on the coast further west of here, near the border with Asturias.

Took forever to dig through all that seafood, but it was worth it--the beans with amazing seafood flavour was maybe even better than cracking shells for the meat itself!

To top off that stuffed belly, a humongous souffle (isn't it also a baked Alaska?) to share amongst the group.  Fruit and ice cream buried in a mound of egg white....

With all that eating, there must be a balance struck somewhere.  So during the end of the summer, there was a intro to circus school in the park, and so one day, I decided to go to a workshop.  Managed to convince David to come along and here is what we "learned"....or attempted, half-successfully.

The art of the balance for the person on top is just to lie back and trust that it works......easy enough to say if you're swaying around on top.  

We did it, with a bit of support by the teacher (the one in blue) and a fellow classmate (in green).

And if you think it's all about having the heavier person with stronger legs on the bottom, and a lighter one on top, then check out our small-stature instructor holding up David with no help from us, except to spot that he wasn't wiggling so much!

This year La Vuelta de España (like the Tour de France) came through Cantabria in a few areas, and we took advantage to go check out the race along with many others in the area.  Detailed route information here: http://www.lavuelta.com/11/es/recorrido/index.html

This was the top of Peña Cabarga, where they had to reach to claim the stage of the day.  It was a beautiful day and even the cows came out to cheer on the cyclists!

They zipped by quickly as if the incline was nothing....I didn't manage to grab a shot of the leaders as my camera was acting up, but the local guy got the lead snatched away from him just centimetres from the finish line....doh!