The sunny morning we had yesterday did not repeat itself this morning. Clouds were heavy and somewhat gloomy … or maybe that was ominous. But all weather reports indicated no rain. Leaving LaGuardia was a nice 5k downhill and then the work began. We climbed for 11k and we’re thankful for cloud cover instead of sun as the climb was long, but beautiful.
Wine tap on the other side. They offer you a swig of wine for your travels. The winery fills 100 liters a day into this dispensary. The signage offers a "swig" and not full bottles. We enjoyed our swig before finishing today's ride.
kath vowlesI notice that the signs are blurred on the pictures so we can't tell whether you are filling up with water or wine🤣 Reply to this comment 10 months ago
We finished the downhill ride into Estella and went in search of the hotel. After a wrong turn or two, and some backtracking we found the hotel, Hospedería Chapital.
Wow! This is what sits on the other side of the street from our hotel, Iglesia de San Miguel.
Altarpiece in Iglesia de San Manuel. Chuck had an audience this time and the locals invited us to some service that they were setting up for. Thank you, but no thanks . . . we have dinner plans. :-)
We had a wonderful group dinner at Cafe Carmen along the river Ega. We were served a variety of courses: carpaccio, Romaine hearts with anchovies & olive oil, white asparagus with olive oil, chorizo sausages, heritage tomatoes that weighed more than a pound a piece with olive oil (one tomato shared between 2 people), two types of croquettes (1-cheese, and 2-shrimp), and then brebis (sheep) cheesecake with ice cream. I was too busy enjoying to take photos!
