Apple Festival at Villaviciosa

My little ray of sunshine and I decided to do some Saturday shopping with a treat of churros and chocolate thrown in. We headed off to Villaviciosa which is about 10kms from Santolaya de Cabranes and is where we do most of our shopping and day to day admin.
We arrived at the town centre and heard music so naturally we followed it! Seems that we had stumbled upon the Apple Festival!

There was a great market with handicrafts and all things appley. We headed off to the indoor market and were met with a sea of apples. It was laid out like a village/country show with produce on display. The only difference being that the produce was nothing but apples! None of your fancy cakes, scones and jams - nope, apples, apples and more apples! There was the obligatory bagpipe band playing too.

Shanna had a go at processing her own apples. She had to squish them and mash them (technical terms!) and finally press them before she could taste the lovely apple juice.

We went back into town in the evening to meet with friends for dinner. The menu was, of course, apple related. The starter was a lovely salad with apple and the delicious Asturian blue cheese. Next came pork stuffed with apple and almonds and finally apple sorbet for dessert. With wine, sidre or water and bread, it costs 25 euros each! Not bad for a three course dinner. Another great day for the Bell girls!