Scenes from Logroño, Spain, the Capital of La Rioja
Logroño Cathedral One of my favorite things about keeping up a travel blog is all the connections I’ve been able to make with it, be it meeting up with fellow bloggers while traveling, giving advice to followers via email or comments, or simply making new friends based on shared common interests. Case in point: I would have never made any effort to go out east to La Rioja had it not been for the community I’ve gotten plugged into in the Spain expat/travel blogosphere. Tree-like columns inside the cathedral When I first applied to teach English in Spain way back in 2011, I closely followed Liz Carlson’s Young Adventuress blog, as she was working that year as an auxiliar de conversación in Logroño, the capital of the Rioja region. She raved and raved about this under-appreciated region, its fabulous pinchos , and, of course, its namesake wine. Although she put Logroño on my travel radar, the city never really moved into my “essential visits” list. Fast-forward ...