Spain – Leon – Part II (En)
We visited the historic Barrio Húmedo, where we were told bars were offering complimentary tapas with drinks. Highlights include the Mayor Square, where the market is held twice a week and summer concerts take place; St. Martin Square, with its parish church of the same name, and Grain Square, in my opinion, the most beautiful, featuring a stone crucifix, a fountain, and the Carbajalas Convent.
The first thing we saw was the Mayor Square, which at the time wasn’t much, so we headed to St. Martin Square, which is surrounded by bars offering free tapas with drinks. We sat at a bar between the two squares, just outside the St Martin parish church, where a street singer was singing 1980s Spanish songs. The free tapa we got here was homemade chips with spicy paprika.
Afterwards, we went to a tapas bar called Entrepeñas, which was packed when we walked in and looked really good. They served local Iberian products and gave us free tapas of chorizo, pork loin, and Iberian cured meat. Even though the bar was packed, the owner served me right away and was very friendly. The pork loin and chorizo were delicious; for Ben, it was the best pork loin he’d ever had. We were told that the bar sold products from the village of Entrepeñas, so we bought pork loin and chorizo to take away.
After several tapas and wines at the bar, we headed to Grain Square, a medieval cobbled square, the former grain market, with a fountain and the church of Santa María del Camino. For me, it was the most beautiful square.
We decided to go back through the park and, to our surprise, there was a pop-up food truck festival. They sold food from every country, from burgers to waffles to nachos. In the middle of the park, there was a bar selling drinks.
The next day, we left León, but before leaving, we went to the mechanic, who, as I mentioned in the first part of the blog, was in the motorhome area. They’re called VG Caravaning, and they specialise in motorhomes. They were very helpful because our refrigerator, which runs on electricity and gas, wouldn’t turn on with gas. We also had trouble starting the car because the electricity wouldn’t turn on, and we could only start it by connecting it to a portable battery, even though our battery was new. They fixed our refrigerator and replaced a fuse and a battery terminal, in case that was what was preventing us from starting it. They were very nice people, and the mechanics all have vans or motorhomes. I hope they find our blog useful!
We finished with the mechanic and went to Astorga, known for its medieval walled old town and Gaudí’s palace, which you can see in the next blog!
