Oregon was founded by Spaniards. The word Oregon, if you change the g to ch it means a large ear. Then he named a bunch of states I can't remember that are originally Spanish, Colorado for one. California was originally Roma. It was hard to pay attention as I was distracted by having a young Spaniard giving me a lesson on U.S. geography, in pretty good English I might add. Washington? The Spaniards didn't go there. I joked, they stopped you at the border! He didn't get it or was insulted, one of them. Hard to tell.
My cider research
It's called sidre and this region of Spain is known for growing the apples and making the cider. It's a big deal all over Asturia. I found two near the church, and the church was open. Church visit first. Nice old church. Mass at 20:00, in two hours. I picked the cider place that looked the most local. I told the bar tender I wanted cider. He said something I didn't understand, then he held up a bottle. Yes, Si. Here's what I got.
There's a button on the top that dispenses the cider in the glass under pressure. Kinda fun. But Bette, how are you going to possibly drink that whole bottle? I pretended I did this on purpose, read on my Kindle and stayed a long time. Needless to say, I missed mass. What I learned later was that's the only way it comes. Not for me. Like beer, it gives me gas. Its bad enough that I snore in the albergues.
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