Logroño

After our cooking class, we drove to Logroño. Well, Jeremy drove and put up with me as the anxious passenger. It rained most of the way, which did not help this little passenger relax. It took us a while to find our accommodation and our bnb host. Then it took awhile to shake her off. She was lovely but was up for a broken English chat.
The next morning, we headed out to the La Rioja region in search of wineries 🍷. The first Ysios was spectacular as the photos attest. The wine was nice but we did not purchase and send any home. A couple others we were hoping to visit weren't open. Marquis de Riscal was, and their range of wines were great.

Afterward, we headed to a wine museum, which was fascinating and housed a rather extensive display of bottle openers. Wine was able to be tasted here, too. A bottle was purchased but will be drunk before our return.

With lunch booked the next day at our next fancy restaurant...we headed back to San Sebastián. The La Rioja region was lovely and could easily spend more time there.

I was a slightly better passenger on our return. Much to our relief and our hip pocket, a huge dent in the car over two panels, which we only noticed at one of the wineries, was not our doing. The car hire place was already aware.Read more