Logroño to Santo Domingo de la Calzada

I arrived in Logroño at lunch time and plenty of time to look around, such as the cathedral in the main plaza.

                                                  

A closer detail of the tower.

The next day on the route out of the city is this strange sight. These are prayer flays strung along a wire mesh fence.

But the real oddity are the large number of crosses weaved into the mesh made from twigs and the stems of plants and anything else found next to the path.

Grapes are still harvested by hand but there are machines available that pluck the bunches off the vines. It is quick and easy but traditionalists say that the hand cut grapes produce a better quality wine but frankly I doubt that there is any difference.

I trie taking a photo of the church in Navarrese but the other buildings were too close to get a good view.

 Some of the many bunches of grapes that are grown throughout the La Rioja region.

 No idea what this was but it was well preserved!

 The cathedral in Santo Domingo de la Calzada.

 A better view but the sun was in the wrong place so it is not a good photo but it was the same issue about trying to find a vista that wasn't interrupted by other buildings.