Casa de Legarda
Travel Blogs from Haro
Logroño
... old house this year and is slowly bringing the building back to life. He's a camino veteran and has completed the walk thirteen times and has volunteered at the other local albergue countless times. I wish him the best of luck in his endeavour. There are only two other pilgrims with me at this albergue. Frank from Sweden and Ana from Switzerland. Frank is a bit of a bohemian and feels at one with nature. He carries around a pole with ...
Another Adventure - In the Basque Country
... my entry about the first time walking into an airport alone feeling like the first time driving alone? Well, that day was easy - because within a matter of twenty minutes I found the rest of the americans with whom I was traveling. My first REAL solo flight was from Sevilla to Bilbao, and oh my goodness, it was nerve-wracking.
I took the autobus solo.
I went through security solo.
I waited in the terminal solo.
I got ...
SCHOOL TRIP
Hello everyone,
this year our school is celebrating its 25th anniversary and we would like to organize a school trip.
We would really appreciate it if you could help us choose the destination. That´s why we would like you to contribute by writing an entry we could publish on the school´s blog describing a place and giving reasons why we should choose that destination.
Thank you in advance.
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Fiesta time!
Walter started again - woo hoo!
By a happy coincidence we landed in Haro, the ´'capital' of Rioja Alta at the start of their main fiesta week. From the 24th to 29th they celebrate the feast days of the saints Juan, Felices and Pedro. When we pulled into the campsite, we could hear bangs and we were genuinely worried for a moment that it was our engine, especially as it stopped ...
Rioja - Haro is the big boy!
... good. Three courses, a bottle of wine and a bottle of water for 15 euros each. None of this charge is spent on the charm of the waiting staff however, their job being to deliver plates of food, (whether one has finished the previous course or not). Leaving at 3.45pm the tables are being turned over for the hardier of the 'chicken out' brigade. Another meander towards the waiting Sonia and an amount of shut eye for some of the party!
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