June 9 As you all know, drinking sidra was on my to-do list in Oviedo. That item got crossed off quickly, as the Universidad de Oviedo provided a free excursión to Tierra Astur for an espicha. Una espicha was traditionally the time to open up pipes and taste-test the fully-fermented sidra before bottling it up. Now, … Continue reading
The official drinking age in Spain is 18. The official drinking age in the United States is 21. I am 20. Does that mean, I, a non-twenty-one-year-old American previously encumbered with American laws, will go mad when confronted with legality in Spain and sip sangria until I drop? Nah. Getting shit-faced is not the least … Continue reading
