Camino Frances from Saint Jean to Sahagun, then a week in Zamora
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Just after sunrise, walking through huge vineyards. Out before sunrise which is not until 7:15 because of Spain’s whacky time zone, thanks Franco. Massive vineyards to make the La Rioja wine.We walked by several wineries like this one. We often see olive tree orchards beside the vineyards. This olive tree looks very old based on the size of its trunk. I liked the topiary style pruning. This is the bar in Ventosa where we had breakfast, our usual fried eggs and toast. Here is the inside of the bar. You can see Wynette, or Dorothy as she goes by here, going to the table we are sharing with a Canadian couple we met on the trail. Of course, we apologized for the abominable behavior of our country towards Canada. Every bar has an ice cream freezer like this, nothing special there, but …On the other wall I see this. What? Gelato in La Rioja? I have never seen anything like this in a Spanish bar. The blue one is nube, cloud, or in this case, marshmallow. So how is this sourced? Isn’t it a lot of work to make gelato? And 12 flavors? Right behind the little white truck that brings the daily bread delivery to the bar is the refrigerated gelato truck?
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I’m a little surprised at how far apart the rows of grapevines are. In France and Germany they are much closer together.
A few days ago we were passing a small vineyard and they had a small tractor going down a row. The tractor exactly fit the row spacing. They were plowing the area between the rows. Not sure why. Maybe they wanted all the vine roots to be along the row so the drip irrigation worked better? I have seen videos of grape harvesting where they run the tractors along the rows. Maybe they have narrower tractors in France and Germany?
I’m a little surprised at how far apart the rows of grapevines are. In France and Germany they are much closer together.
A few days ago we were passing a small vineyard and they had a small tractor going down a row. The tractor exactly fit the row spacing. They were plowing the area between the rows. Not sure why. Maybe they wanted all the vine roots to be along the row so the drip irrigation worked better? I have seen videos of grape harvesting where they run the tractors along the rows. Maybe they have narrower tractors in France and Germany?
When we were in Burgundy and stayed at a B&B with a serious vineyard, the owner had a special ultra narrow tractor.
love the shadow pic! Looks like you are toasting.