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A travel article by Daniel
Clifford.
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biggest attraction in the city of Gijón
is the fishermen’s village known as
Cimadevilla. It
sits on a peninsula in the middle of the
bay that is the coastline of Gijón.
Tiny streets and tall, colorful buildings
make up the village. To walk among them
is to be transported in time. |
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Down one
alleyway I found this building, ancient
and worn. Calle Maria
Bandujo is made of cobblestone and
still well maintained. The building
had no date of construction, but it was
inhabited. The grey clouds hanging
overhead are a symptom of early spring
mornings in the north of Spain. By midday,
the clouds had cleared and a wide-open
blue sky was overhead.
| I ate lunch at a
restaurant/sidrer called La
Marina, Calle Trinidad 9, on
the border of Cimadevilla and
right on the port. The food
set out on the table is all
included in one order for lunch;
mine was 7.50€.
Traditionally
(as in before governmental food
standards), sidrer were places that
only served beverages and the
guests brought in their own food.
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At the
top is a bottle of
sidra, or hard cider.
It only came in 0.75L bottles and
this one was two euros if you
didn’t buy the lunch. The
soup on the left came out first.
Of three to choose from, I picked
chicken noodle. Then, on the
right, a variety plate of hams
and cheeses came out second. And
thirdly in the middle, the main
course, a dish of parrochas (a
local fish of the sea) and a
small salad doused in oil and
vinegar. |
| The hardwood
tables and very picnic-like
atmosphere of siderias is a
result of this bit of history. |
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