Nibbling Through Spain’s Cheese Country

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Raquel Viejo in her cheese cave in the Asturias region of northern Spain.
By DANIELLE PERGAMENT
Published: November 23, 2008

THE only words of caution were, “Just be careful you don’t wake up the bats.” I was in a pitch-black cave following a 44-year-old woman wearing tight jeans and a small light strapped to her forehead. While my eyes refused to adjust to the blackness, I could hear thousands — O.K., dozens — of little bat bodies shifting in slumber inches above my head. At last, we arrived. More