Circuito de Navarre - and Logrono

Saturday 13th May

First stop of the day was the Navarre racing circuit - only 17k from our accommodation. You might think that Rob has logged all these circuits in his brain and we are doing a tour of them, but no, it is usually me that finds us a place to stay at the right price and in the area we want. We looked up the circuit and there are bike races next weekend but today they were practising. We were able to drive into the circuit area (maybe the red 'diplomatic' plates have something to do with it) and Rob was able to wander around the pit area and up into the stands and get a good look at the track. Cams would have fits though with power leads running across the car park, dogs, scooters, barbecues, and probably plenty of other questionable practices. He loved the facilities.  The track was opened in 2010 we think.

A few shots of the circuit.

Logrono - there was plenty to see in Logrono, but unfortunately they follow the usual Spanish practise and most things close around 1 for a few hours, so we had to pick our highlights. We covered the cathedral (where a first communion was about to take place) and the museum (which crapped all over the ones in Bilbao). This place is one of the main ones on the Camino de Santiago. 

Sculpture to the Camino de Santiago pilgrims.

The cathedral in Logrono - we skipped out before the communion got underway.

Apartment living - there are plenty of parks in all the places we have visited.
Late in the afternoons we see a lot of family groups and people with their dogs. 

One of the streets with all the bars serving pinchos. 
They have chest high tables outside and people just stand at the tables
with their drinks and nibbles. 

We went luxury and sat at a table inside.

Then time for pinchos (? - there are several different spellings) for lunch. We had some in a Japanese restaurant. They were pretty good. We were in a street full of bars serving pinchos and drinks and there were lots of people spilling into the streets enjoying the day. I always thought the siesta was home to bed for a couple of hours but seems like it is off to the pub and a few drinks and nibbles before going back to work.

We decided to do a microwave meal for dinner because the restaurant nearby didn't open till 9 and I am past eating by then and we are usually pretty tired.  Dora found us a supermarket but finding parking was our problem.   

The place we are staying is a rural casa in a tiny village (smaller than home) with no services.  Miguel, the owner, doesn't speak English  but does speak French so with our French and google translate we were able to have conversations. They have a lovely property and he has an amazing garden.

From his back garden.

And this village is about 1k away.