I think I should change my major and enter the winery business. This weekend, 10 of us took a bus about an hour and a half south of Bilbao to visit Logrono and Haro in La Rioja, the famous wine region in Spain. I loved it. We checked into the CUTEST pension, or guesthouse, in Logrono Friday afternoon, and the owner, Lucia, went completely out of her way to make us feel at home, calling cab and bus companies for us, drawing us maps, asking us what we wanted for breakfast, stocking the fridge...it was amazing. We then all headed out to our first winery visit Friday evening, Vina Hermosa. It was a little smaller than most of the wineries in Haro because it is completely family owned and operated, but it was awesome to see.
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