Another lazy day for us having decided not to get on the bike again. There're only about 150 kms back to Bilbao from here and we'll probably take our last mountainous route so making it quite a bit longer.
Last night we wandered and wandered trying to find somewhere that was firstly not just a drinking and tapas place and not expensive. We hadn't eaten properly, in other words a meal, for ages and felt we deserved some good feeding. We found a 'menu' at a set price which looked good. The starters were a long list of eight - we thought we'd have to choose one but it turned out that they brought al eight one after the other. Very delicious. Only vino tinto (red wine) was allowed, so we had that and were well nourished by the end.
It was quite amusing that in the middle of it all the rubbish men arrived - it was about 10.30pm and the waitresses had to move umbrellas out the way so the (grumpy) workers could get through and take the rubbish away. I took a video - of course!
Logroño is another pretty place and there are plenty of calm streets where one can lazily stroll about, large plazas full of plane trees to offer shade and not too much traffic. car drivers stop for pedestrians and everyone is polite and helpful.
Here're some pics.
This was about 7.30pm. Very early so not many people about. We had a beer here, just to the left, and it was amazing how much heat the wall on the left emitted having been warmed up all day.
There were no tours and we'd have had to phone up and arrange a private trip with a bodega of our choice......we didn't really want to do this so went for and amazing breakfast instead of fresh orange juice, fiery chilli-fied tortilla and coffee. The waitress earned herself a good tip for complimenting Rob for his good Castellano (ie proper Spanish)
A large plaza with plane trees. Quite often airy and breaking up the increasing heat making it really pleasant to walk through.
If you stood next to the tree in the picture above and looked the other way you would see this. A narrow-ish street with one of the cathedral spires at the end. We popped into the cathedral as they were coming to the end of the service. Lots and lots of rucksacks in there showing the the Camino de Santiago is not just a hike for many and still remains a proper pilgrimage.
We didn't feel like going out for lunch so we bought huge peaches, succulent tomatoes, a media baguette, pears and a couple of beers and sat in the cool of this smaller plaza near our hotel and had a very civilized Sunday Lunch.
The afternoon was spent by the pool for Debbie - after a siesta, of course, and watching the Rise to success of JK Rowling in spanish on the telly.
Back to Bilbao tomorrow.
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