MANILA, Philippines — My knowledge of Asturias prior to my trip to northern Spain was practically zero. I knew of the title “Prinsipe de Asturias” as one conferred upon the heir apparent to the Crown ...
ASTURIAS RESEMBLES not a bit the sun-bleached Spain of popular imagination. Rivers crisscross vibrant green hillsides, ending in forbidding seaside bluffs. In the country of jamón, local dairy reigns ...