And there we were, as if suspended, surrounded by a harmonious landscape that inspires peace and tranquility wherever you look ... The picturesque and well-kept
villages of the valley are the only element that reminds us of the human presence in these areas largely untouched for millions of years. Everything else is really wild! The forests blush with life and color ... The lush meadows await the twilight to be populated by groups of hungry herbivores, who waited patiently for a meal throughout the day under the canopy of beech ... Accompanied by two small cubs born in the past winter, the protective mother bear will go down to the village for
the third consecutive night to get a treat for her babies
... Above, crossing
the mountain range, the pack ceases social rituals of the day and prepare for a hunt more deadly ... And so follows the life of this true paradise Asturian ....
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| Valle de Lago - Somiedo - Asturias |
En cada rincón de Asturias hay un pedazo de paraíso: un arroyo que desaparece
en las entrañas de la tierra, una casa que se alza para dejar crecer la yerba,
un bosque habitado por los últimos y filosóficos duendes, o una montaña que
quebra el cielo para adornarse con su envés blanco.
Luis Frechilla García, "Por la Naturaleza
Asturiana"
