Logrono, the capital of Rioja, sits on both the Camino de Santiago and the River Ebro. It's fiesta celebrates an event in 1521 when the city was besieged for 17 days and just as it was about to fall the Duke of Najera arrived with 4000 troops and liberated the city.
The fiesta was taking place over the weekend we were there and included lots of wine, lots of tapas and a general party atmosphere. It also included folk dressed up in costume acting out important events relating to the siege.
I can recommend white Rioja wine as well as the red. Interestingly here they chill some of the reds as well as the whites. One odd thing though was that people were drinking a drink called a Kalimotxo which is ....... wait for it ........ equal quantities of red wine and coke, with ice! Sounds weird, it is weird, but Google says "Don't knock it until you try it". So then blog readers there is a challenge for you laid down from Spain.
Now enough of wine, as we are supposed to be on this pilgrimage thing I suppose I had better show you a couple of pictures of the cathedral.
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