Today was quite fun! A dark walk initially but probably only 2km or so. Lots of stars and a full moon. Found the cutest cafe, part of a winery, huge pizza ovens and a grande cafe leche! Had my food stash so paid for the coffee and ate my groceries!:-)
We took the scenic route, through vineyards and rolling (steepish) hills. Not crazy hills, that's coming up! Chatted and wandered - the theme of today! We did watch a grape picker at work! The machine/tractor runs on each side of the vines, shaking the grapes off, at the end of the row there is a mini dump truck wating to take the grapes away. Pretty interesting watching the driver trying to manipulate around corners! Met some folks from France, saw Denmark again and met some new Ireland, Texas, and France folks. Very pretty scenery, needed some jazz in the background and a glass of wine! Perfect! Probably would have been a great idea to lose the backpack and shower too! :-)
It took us a longish time to actually get to the hub of the village - wander, chat, wander, came across a cafe with a lot of backpacks outside! Met a fellow from New Zealand who declared this cafe had the best breakfast and lunch! Then he said he did not really know! :-) Good giggle!
Found our albergue but we are too early! So.... hard decision, but we decided beer and food! :-) Found a great little place; good food and a pretty plaza. I have to confess though that after a huge omlette, fries and beer, my dinner budget looks like soup! :-)
Found our beds in a building which kind of resembles a school. After laundy and sorting of gear went exploring the abergue's grounds. Overgrown soccer fields, ramshackle basketball court, religious monuments tucked here and there. Also looks like there were other buildings attached but only foundations and floors are left. We were told that the albergue has been open only two months, I think it is a good use of an empty building!
Explored the town a bit and then called it a day!
Well that was the plan! :-) However, Sandra managed to get a stomach bugl So after a bit of time in the dorm, we headed to the medical clinic. After fluids and medicine back to the albergue at 10:45ish. No sleep yet though as there is some sort of discussion going on in Spanish with a bunch of loud men! An hour later, finally peace!
Tomorrow will be an interesting day!
lovely part of the world Judy. The colour of the grape leaves and grapes is spectacular. Very fall. Farther along in that season than us for sure. Nice to see you in the shadows. The big machine does take the romance out of the grape picking but alas. Sorry to hear about Sandra. I hope she's better.
ReplyDeleteWe are certainly moving into fall with the rain and cooler weather. The full moon was very bright here. You could almost read by it.
Louise is starting her last week of work. I am going to miss her. We're going to have a little farewell here at the nursery on Thursday.She's not heading to Europe until Oct 7.
All is well here. The fall bulb flyer is going well. Bernie is smiling.
Enjoy tomorrow.Marcia