Four Pauls and the Neo-Nazis in the hills
A few weeks ago I went with a Spanish mate, Pablo, to vist our Pommy/Spanish buddy, Paul Smith, and his flate mate Pavel(Czechoslovakian for Paul) in the tiny village of Llanes which is tucked away in the hills of Asturias in Northern Spain.
We had an awesome time with plenty of fiestas, but it was Paul's dog, however, who took center stage. Paul takes this mutt with him wherever he goes. The dog is massive (I watched it put away 105 frankfurts without batting an eyelid) - a scary beast but pretty harmless. And ugly as sin - but don't tell Paul that.
Anyway, I didn't set up this blog to talk about dogs, far from it.
This particular weekend was fantastic, I had an awesome time catching up with my mates, and as it was to be my last weekend in Spain, we made it a big one with an all nighter in the village of Llanes with all the local yokels.
However, there was one incident that on the last day left us all feeling uneasy.
With raging hangovers on the Sunday morning we decided the best way to clear the mental mist was to get some food. So we took the scenic route through the hills on the way to the restaurant and were catching some nice glimpses of the valleys around Paul's house when we came across a group of about 16 people standing on the side of the road.
Incredibly, they were gathered round a swastika flag and were all doing the Heil Hitler salute! This is possibly one of the eeriest things I have ever witnessed in my life. We know they exist, but to see a Neo-Nazi group gathered in such a remote place in such large numbers, left us all feeling pretty sickened.
It did clear the hangovers though.
Nice little beach in Llanes
We had an awesome time with plenty of fiestas, but it was Paul's dog, however, who took center stage. Paul takes this mutt with him wherever he goes. The dog is massive (I watched it put away 105 frankfurts without batting an eyelid) - a scary beast but pretty harmless. And ugly as sin - but don't tell Paul that.
Anyway, I didn't set up this blog to talk about dogs, far from it.
This particular weekend was fantastic, I had an awesome time catching up with my mates, and as it was to be my last weekend in Spain, we made it a big one with an all nighter in the village of Llanes with all the local yokels.
However, there was one incident that on the last day left us all feeling uneasy.
With raging hangovers on the Sunday morning we decided the best way to clear the mental mist was to get some food. So we took the scenic route through the hills on the way to the restaurant and were catching some nice glimpses of the valleys around Paul's house when we came across a group of about 16 people standing on the side of the road.
Incredibly, they were gathered round a swastika flag and were all doing the Heil Hitler salute! This is possibly one of the eeriest things I have ever witnessed in my life. We know they exist, but to see a Neo-Nazi group gathered in such a remote place in such large numbers, left us all feeling pretty sickened.
It did clear the hangovers though.
Nice little beach in Llanes
Pavel, Paul, Pablo watching the dog terrorize some kid
... and me
posted by Paul at 10:25 pm
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