DAY 4 MAY 8^th Sunday in LOGRONO

Hotel Bracos had a pretty good crowd staying the night and they appeared about the same time as us for breakfast. The spread was not the same as a parador but had toast, scrambled eggs and bacon, fresh orange juice, etc. It will keep the hunger pains at bay, not that there have been many hunger pangs! It seems to me that we eat all day long!

Hotel Bracos walkway

Trip Advisor and the trusty map we got from the from desk had mentioned La Rioja museum in Logrono just 2 blocks from us was worth a stop…. boy, let me tell you that both of us were impressed to say the least. Making of bone needles!! Ancient coins and artifacts, not to mention excellent videos and displays. Best of all it was totally free and open on Sunday until 2pm.

We walked to the market square in front of the Cathedral and a small bazaar mostly selling used stuff. Lots of people out in the beautiful sunshine. We found a restaurant (!) and had combo plates for lunch and then back for a siesta and blogging time. Our sleep had been disturbed again the night before and we needed to sit, rest and act like we are elderly people on vacay!

Logrono Cathedral

The streets were less crowded on Sunday night maybe some felt that a work night should temper their party feelings a bit!  We wandered around the old town had a beer or two and ate some tapas; especially noted several stops featured Morcilla de Burgos with slightly different variation including one rolled into a ball with dices nut peces; all were very, very good and tasty. That was plenty given the size of our lunch plates! The noise continued into the night again but certainly a lot less than on Saturday night we were able to sleep the sleep of the dead until daybreak and the sunshine streamed into our room at about 8:00AM. Today will be checkout and load up to hit the road to finish up our trip to the Baztan valley!!

 

Rioja Museum