The boyf and I just spent a couple of weeks in Spain on a bit of a fact-finding trip. We are hoping to live there at some point and get our Spanish to a better level (we used it a lot on the trip, as most of our encounters were with people who didn’t speak any English). Enjoyed driving around the Basque country and La Rioja, eating amazing food and drinking fabulous wine.
San Sebastian: great beaches...
great food (pintxos: the Basque tapas)...
and art - what's not to love?
Getaria - super fresh seafood in this fishing village
I got addicted to the fresh anchovies: a penguin's favourite food!
We decided to visit Vitoria when I found that it was the Basque Green Capital. It was certainly a bicycle-friendly city and one I'd love to live in if it wasn't so far from the sea...
Loved all the preserved goods in this shop in Haro, La Rioja
Farm workers in the Rioja used to take shelter in these in bad weather
We drove into the hills and saw villages cut into the hillsides with terracing for growing vegetables and raising livestock
A highlight of the trip for me was seeing fossilised dinosaur footprints near Encismo
After three weeks away (we drove down through France from the ferry), I’ve got a lot of work to do, so I better get back to the drawing board…
