Logroño

I had a nice day in Logroño. I slept in later than usual and then went to town to waste some time.

I started by browsing the local market where you could buy a whole piglet, if you needed one

I also found bacalau there and wished I had a truck to carry it all home in. If you don’t know what bacalau is, it is dried salted codfish, and Portuguese people love it. They say there’s 365 ways to cook it. It reminded me I have some in my freezer at home, but it’s difficult to get in the United States, unless you are on the east coast. I sent this photo to my son Cameron, and his reply was “Yum!”

I knew that I wanted to have lunch at Taberna del Tio Blas and I knew that I wanted to order their delicious chuleta. They did not serve until 1 PM so I did not eat breakfast and just waited.

To waste a little more time, I went to the museum.

Examples of ancient glass always fascinates me. It’s amazing that it has survived!

These dice are just like the ones we used today. Yahtzee anyone?

Ancient pilgrims didn’t have giant shells on their backpacks. This little pilgrim shell is about the size of a 50 cent piece

I was pretty hungry by the time 1 PM rolled around. It was worth the wait!

I’m salivating just looking at it again. I couldn’t eat many of the fries because I filled up on the steak. And those roasted peppers were perfect! I grew some of the green ones in my garden this year from a package of seed that I bought in Santiago. I hope when I get home, they are still producing.

Speaking of home, I take a bus to Madrid tomorrow and spend one night in a little hotel near the airport so I can fly out the next morning. I’m really happy to be going home!

I’ll have to figure out how to get from Portland back to Dallas because Joe’s car is not working. He may have it fixed by then, but he has to be in Portland on the 15th and I don’t want to ask him to drive twice in one week. That drive is awfully hard and his car has been acting up.

I get in really late, almost midnight, so I think I will catch a Lyft and spend the night at my son’s in Vancouver because he is out of town - and try to catch the train back to Salem the next day if I’m not too tired.

That’s all for now

Love,

Annie