On Sunday, when we got back from Picos, we took a bus (yes, with civilized people who had probably not been anticipating sharing a confined space with dirty, muddy, smelly Americans) to Oviedo, which is the capital of Asturias, so we could take a bus to Salamanca.
We only spent 4 hours there, but Oviedo definitely has some of the most interesting rocks I've ever seen in a city, so I decided to share them.
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Oviedo in the far north and is marked by a red star.
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Pretty, Mediterranean architecture and nice shade trees.
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Marble breccia
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Black marble with shell fossils.
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More fossils, but in red marble.
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And our very good friends: ammonites!
Coming soon...Scotland and Siccar Point!
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