Hi from the land of wine

Today was a long day. We visited the area where Rioja wine is made. It was amazing! It's the area of wineries, vineyards and wine cellars.

 Our group - Estonian, Spanish and Turkish students and teachers in front of a fancy spa hotel owned by a rich winery owner. The hotel was designed by the same architect who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

 A blooming rose in one of the vineyards. As you can guess, the weather here is much better than in Estonia. Well, it's cold at night and in the evening and it was foggy in the morning but during the day it's very nice - sunny and clear and pretty warm.

 Me, enjoying the nice weather at an observation platform in Laguardia - a beautiful medieval village we visited today.

 The people here are crazy about food and wine. In the photo you can see octopus pintxos (Basque spelling) they offered in a small cafe in Laguardia.

 The amazing and perfectly preserved 17th century polychrome decoration on the doorway of the Church of St-Mary-of-the-Kings in Laguardia.

 The wine cellar we visited today. I have to say I know much more about wines and wine making now.

The mountains and the pink sky we saw when we left the wine cellar.

Hope you're all doing fine. I really need to get some sleep now as it has been a very long day.