December 5, 2008. Travelling by car from Burgos to León... A superb cold sun shining day... The snowed majesty of Picos da Europa Mountains to my right, like visions of silent guardian angels... The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain... and you know the rest of the song.
At central León's Calle Ancha I found shelter at Art-Deco style Café Victoria, surrounded by fairytale style Gaudi's Casa de los Botines, renaissance style Palacio de los Guzmanes, and the palace once home to medieval age El Cid. What a mix… Like the extraordinary local stew (reversely served: first the seven meat, than the vegetables and finally the soup...): the Cocido Maragato.
I had it pleasurably with a couple of glasses of the restaurant Café Victoria's own labeled claret-type wine: a 100% Prieto Picudo grape, Tierra de Castilla y León D.O., made by Bodegas Gordonzello.
