Spain--part 3

We left Basque country and flew to Barcelona.  We got in fairly late, unpacked, and then walked around the harbor/beach area for a restaurant with no luck.  All the kitchens were closed.  I was not happy.  I thought this was happening Barcelona.  Evidently not down there.  Clubs were open, but not the kitchens.

Our first day in Barcelona we spent taking the Bullet train to Catalayud--about 50 miles East of Madrid.  The third wine growing region is there. They grow Granacha grapes for Granache.  Yummy red wine, truly.  Catalayud is really arid.  Totally different landscape.  We returned to Barcelona for dinner that night.  We were treated to the region's dancing at our winery lunch at Las Rocas at Bodega San Alejandro.  The manager there knows how to do a tasting and a lunch. We had dark chocolate, their special almonds, and cheese and Iberican ham with our wine tasting in their cellars.

We had empanadas and rose up in their vineyards.  It is so dry and arid, their vineyards look nothing like I've seen before.  

traditional dancing

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