Day 73. Monday 19 May. A Caprice Day.

We’d heard about a Gaudi house (Gaudi’s Caprice) in the region yesterday from the German Camino walkers…in a sweet town, Comillas, just an hour up the road. Since the day was cool and damp, it was a perfect destination. This very early work of Gaudi, finished in just 2 years in 1885, ‘a house for a bachelor’, was a treat: a house of sun and music. Sadly, its owner died shortly after the project was finished.

Fortunately, after more than a century of changed ownership, disrepair and neglect, a change of focus has resulted in a beautiful restoration and it is now a museum. It was a quiet Monday so that made it extra special for us and T came away once again thinking about adding the Gaudi touches to Fisher.

After a sandwich and seated on the boot of the Peugeot, we wandered in Comillas; everything was still closed, including the supermarket!

The drive back to Ribadesella delivered light above the peaks of the Picos de Europa and the friendly butcher delivered a little piece of pork to bake.

Dinner. Baked pork, potatoes, aubergine, zucchini, red capsicum, with herbs, spices, onion and garlic.