Laguardia : Medieval Fortress

Our flight from Paris to Spain took us to Bilbao--a city I would looove to spend more time in. We only had a couple hours before we took a bus to Logroño--Brandon's last mission area. In Logroño, Brandon and I got to stay with one of Brandon's best friends, Jim.

Jim

 Jim is one of the most awesome people I have ever met. He was the catalyst for our Europe trip. We had no plans of making it across the Atlantic until, one day last January, he asked us when we were coming to visit. We joked about it...but then started playing with the idea. The scheming began, and we had bought our tickets within a couple of weeks. Jim was born in Cameroon, grew up in France, and lives in Spain. However, he's going to be moving here in a couple days to marry his fiancée who's American! Brandon's his best man, and he couldn't be happier to have Jim moving here to Utah.

During our week in Logroño, Jim slept in his living room so that Brandon and I could sleep on a bed in his apartment. What a friend, right? One of our days in Logroño, Jim took us to the medieval town of Laguardia. This place was lovely! I'm a sucker for two historical time periods--the Middle Ages and the 1800s--so this town was dreamy for me. Two original towers remain from the 10th century castle, and the town walls date back to the 1500s.

We walked around the town, tasted non-alcoholic wine, and ate the most delicious patatas bravas. For the remainder of our trip, Brandon and I searched out patatas bravas. We never found any as good as that first batch, but we're still obsessed and have made our own here at home.

Lastly, the view of La Rioja wine country was incredible!