Just wanted you to see. it's very pretty and the water isn't too cold if you go where it's shallow and the sun has been on it. Claudia and I went on the bus (at 8am!), it's a 2hour ride. The popular part of the place is called las presillas 'cause there are about 4 natural pools, all surrounded by woods on one side and incredibly well-kept lawn on the other, with trees and a little chiringuito (where they have ice-creams, coffee, beer and bocadillos enormes), toilets and so on. It's crazy to see people coming in though, in the most proper españolito-playero fashion, though i think the sudamericanos beat us by far. They go in much larger groups and generally make more of an asentamiento colonizador type, like church excursions, brrr! But in general there were deffinite must-haves: massive tupperwares with chicken/lomo adobado, salads, la olla express, tents, games, colchonetas (for a little lake!!!??), chairs, sandias, dozens of loafs of bread, tinto de verano, sombrillas, patatillas ruffles de jamon.... the whole hupplah!
.....claudia and i lasted only about an hour surrounded by such noise, and people just end up siitng practically on top of eachother for there isn't enough room. so we went walking up the river (see photo) where the crowd thins out untill we were the only ones beside a quiet little family who slept very long siestas and a nude couple. We aren't as cool as these excursion-professionals and only had a sandwich each, a bottle of water and a towel. we had a coffee at the bar and a piece of empanada de pisto y setas in the village before getting the bus home at 18,30h. :)
