so many verbs

Last night Greg and I went to Aviles (20 km west of Gijon) with Brian and Jodie to meet up with a coworker.  All we really know about Aviles is that the airport is there, even though it's called the Oviedo airport.  Anyway, we took the bus (2 euros a piece, round trip!) and met up with Eloy and Elena.  Aviles is the 2nd oldest city in Asturias, and it's really beautiful!  We loved walking through the cobblestone streets, and seeing the buildings from the 10th century.  They still have a lot of original construction (on the buildings etc) but due to some crumbling issues they are slowing replaces pillars.  

Eloy was an awesome host, we were on a wine tour (he's a big connoisseur) and I had to admit to him that I don't really drink nor do I enjoy a glass of wine, but he convinced me otherwise so Greg and I would split a glass at each of the restaurant/bars we stopped in.  And it turns out, when someone knows what they're talking about-it can change.  We tried some cool wines, from all over Spain of course-no foreigners allowed.  Along the way, Eloy didn't leave out any pieces of history.  He also reminded us that although the Mayflower landed and we now celebrate Thanksgiving, yada yada, Saint Augustine (in Florida) was established about 50 years before, by Pedro Menendez who is actually from Aviles.  Which is cool because it's not a big city or anything, just a guy from a town in Northern Spain.  

We also enjoyed some great tapas... a long time ago some king decided that too many people get drunk off of wine, so he decided that with every glass of wine the customer should also receive a bit of food.  The tradition still goes on, we didn't even eat dinner yesterday, we just ate tapas.  And we've decided that Aviles has better tapas than Gijon.  At one stop we got into this conversation about verbs and nouns.  For anyone who has studied spanish you already know, but there are verbs for EVERYTHING!  Anything you want to say.. there's a verb.  It's incredible.  But they're lacking on the noun side.  There are lots of adjectives, so you can describe a noun to make it a different one.  But often I've run into trying to get some idea across when I discover there is no noun for what I want to describe.  But if you want a verb.. you got it!