Spain and Tapas

Now we were in Spain and again making our route up as we go along. One of the first cities we stopped in was Logrono, the capital of the small La Rioja region. It’s where Liam experiences his first Tapas Bar in the old town district. He stood proudly at the bar and ate potato croquets and Spanish ham on bread. After lunch we drove on, crossing the green hilly countryside with its newly ploughed red soil fields. Our campsite seemed a bit off the beaten track and again we had a snow covered mountain in the distance, but it was near one of the most renowned Monasteries in the region. In the morning we got up in good time to visit the Yuso Monastery in San Millan de Cogolla, which opened at 10:00. When we arrived we found out you had to take a guided tour, so we waited for the next one. The guide only spoke Spanish, so our group which was mostly French people and us three, with just a few Spanish people, had to make do with looking at the interesting courtyards, rooms and very old hand written books. Liam was mesmerised by the guide. I don’t think he had ever seen a person speak so quickly, and in Spanish! Naturally I had to buy a bottle of the local Rioja wine, which went down well with the cheese and ham we had bought along the way.