And stuck again - Logrono, Spain
visited Aug 30, 2006
Having given up on hitching and decided to get the bus to Logrono, we arrived at the bus station at about 8pm. It was still light, not at all late, but it seems that noone in spain travels after about 7, as we had missed the last busses and trains to Bilbao for the night. Grrr. So we ascertained the bus times for bilbao the next morning, lockered most of our stuff at the bus station, and set off with only a dodgy map from the bus station information person to tell us where there might be some cheap hostals or pensions. The first one we found didn´t answer their bell, the second wanted 60euro, and the third only 30. We took it, dumped our (little) bags, and went to find something to eat. The first thing we saw that looked recognisably like food we both knew and knew how to order and eat, was a doner place, complete with a sign out the front in German, strangely enough. After a rather excellent doner each, we felt a lot more human. We must learn to eat a little more regularly... The room was fine, the shower was wonderful 8any shower would be wonderful after three days on the road) and the loud neighbours and paper thin walls didn´t bother us too much. The dog barking insistantly in the minute courtyard (or light well, depending on your perspective) did though. At least that didn´t start til nearly 9am anyway, and we had a bus to catch at 11! A stroll through town on our way to the bus station found us breakfast, and, unexpectedly, a market that sold pomegranates! Haven´t eaten it yet, but we´re looking forward to it, after having become addicted to them in Turkey last year!