12.4.06

Just arrived in Spain


Here's Bob with map in hand - hotel must be around here somewhere

Hotel Dato Vitoria


Found a great hotel on the main pedestrian walkway - that's our room first floor on the right. The whole place was filled with strange statues and ornaments of all kinds. Our room had colourful stained glass windows that were lit up at night so the whole building glowed. Just down the road we adopted a rather special cafe/bar - like an old fashioned gentleman's club but now filled with chattering groups of regulars and shoppers lining the bar. Wonderful morcels of food and 'silver service'.

Old Opera House

Discovered the best 'menu del dia' in town, right here. Posted by Picasa

All lit up

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Pedestrian walkway

The hotel room 'balcony'

Down town Vitoria




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Laguardia -Rioja region

Bob and I spent a couple of wonderful days in the old walled town of Laguardia where the Rioja flows like water. Plenty of life going on within the walls. Posted by Picasa