Logrono

A little bit of a rude awakening this morning with construction work being done on the roof right above our heads... A bit disgruntled we brought it up with the hotel and managed to negotiate a late check-out and a couple of extra free drinks for the inconvenience. This suited us perfectly so we could get a bit more planning done before our train left at 3pm.

We eventually made our way to the train station to leave Barcelona. The first train took us to Zaragoza and was a very comfortable high speed train. With about an hour's wait in Zaragoza, we eventually boarded our train 20 minutes late. There was no air conditioning aboard this time but that was ok because we did manage to grab a couple of seats (no seats were assigned on this service).

About 30 minutes into this trip the whole train was suddenly swamped with passengers, all in their late teens/early twenties who were all dressed for a party. The aisles were packed and the already unbearable temperature on board doubled. We were a little concerned when the train, which was definitely on the older side, seemed to struggle to accelerate out of stations... About an hour later they all got off and the train grew bearable again. We were quite glad to see they weren't following us to Logrono or Haro.

The landscape slowly changed over our trip, and we started to see more grape vines and vineyards in the hills - definitely heading in the right direction! We arrived into Logrono at 8.30pm, about an hour late, but the outside temperature was very comfortable for our walk to the hotel. We dropped our bags off and immediately headed for the main streets of town for tapas (or pinchos as it's called in northern Spain). The prices here were very agreeable compared to Valencia and Barcelona, so we ordered ourselves a small feast to recover from our journey.

Afterwards we wandered the streets, enjoying the late sunset and mellow street lights. We even treated ourselves to some gelato before heading back to the hotel for the evening.Läs mer