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>> jose: you see here in asturias that nothing is plentiful. and the people of asturias, even in the hard times they know what to do with nothing. and i think asturias has been the land that nothing has been able to do a lot. and that shows you the character of the people of asturias. >> anthony: so ill tell you, a five-hour hike up the mountain, its tough. im enjoying this cold one. >> jose: boom. >> anthony: ill tell ya. >> jose: could you imagine what people that live here, the only way to go...

>> jose: this is us. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: wow, is this a traditional local dish i guess? >> pablo: yes, yes. >> anthony: whats this called? >> pablo: well, i think "pitu de caleya". pitu with rice. >> anthony: wow, all right. so, born and bred in asturias? you were born here? >> pablo: yes. yes, yes. >> anthony: what did your family -- what business was your family in? >> pablo: all of my grandparents were all in the mine. my mother owned a little shop. and my father is a teacher. >> anthony: one...

>> jose: yes. at least once a year. sometimes i only show up for two, three hours. >> anthony: really? >> jose: yeah. i close my eyes, breath in, breath out, and i feel like im home. especially when i go in the mountains. i love to be around people because i have a lot of energy and i like the people too. i give energy away, but sometimes i need my moments of solitude. i know you like moments of solitude too, they are powerful moments. >> anthony: yeah, but im not walking up a mountain. >> jose:...

Arrive there to give them enough energy to come back. >> anthony: these beans really are magical beans. >> jose: because theyre special. same seeds anywhere else, but they dont grow the same way they grow here. its something about this land, and the weather, and the altitude that makes these beans very special. >> anthony: it tastes like it did when it was just little jose up here in his lederhosen? it tastes the same? >> jose: it tastes the same. >> anthony: are you happy? >> jose: this is as g...

So when it touches the spin will take the ball. >> anthony: i can do that. >> jose: probably not. i cannot believe this is the first time. look at, look at -- with the hand, a little bit of the spin.

Period. and we use the land like nobody. especially using the caves to cure them is brilliant. not a lot of places in the world where you have something like this. caves that produce, for centuries, amazing cheese. >> anthony: you think you could do a cheese-themed theme park? >> jose: that can be fun. >> anthony: giant volcano of cheese. take little boats around in a fondue pot. >> jose: i dont know. you know what i think sometimes? you know "apocalypse now"? >> anthony: yes. >> jose: when marl...

♪ ♪ >> anthony: so please explain to me -- this gentleman caught the fish last year? is that correct? >> angel: 2014. >> jose: in 2014 you caught el campanu. >> angel: yes, yes. >> anthony: so that means what, the first salmon caught on the river? >> jose: el campanu. the first salmon of the season. campanu. today, for the entire day, around the rivers of asturias, hundreds of fishermen trying to get the permit in kind of an auction, in kind of a lottery where they are going to grant them ce...

When the soviet union was over. and in europe the social democracy was over. and the last strike was five years ago. the miners were the last soldiers of the working-class movement. in the last strike, the airport was closed by the miners. the highway, the sea too. they closed asturias. everybody in the streets, screaming. and the miners stayed in the fight, and the war is over when one side wins. they win. we lose. and for me that was the end of -- >> anthony: the end of organized labor.

>> jose: we are so close to a wide, i dont -- >> anthony: and no, ill let you say it. what do we say about now? no, first we take one more satisfied bite. >> jose: i think i got the [ bleep ] bone in my throat. >> anthony: tracheotomy, im going in. i think weve learned something here in asturias. i dont know why i didnt expect it to be this beautiful, but it is far more beautiful than i could have ever imagined. the food is incredible, the people are wonderful. you were right about [ bleep ] eve...

Characteristics of somebody from asturias. okay, independent, tough. >> pablo: there is another sentence -- "asturiano -- borracho, loco, y mal cristiano." asturian -- drunk, crazy, but christian. that is important. >> anthony: so, fair to say a tradition of independence? >> pablo: yes, before the spanish civil war we have the asturian revolution. that asturias during one month was independent because we have a communist anarchist revolution. the workers movement here was massive. >> anthony: in...