Monday March 23, 2015
We woke up this morning after a long night sleep. It felt good to wake up and not feel bloated from food and wine. The afternoon Tapas at Villa de Abalos and the quick tortilla Española the night before at the bar for the Barcelona Vs. Madrid was a good plan. Sad to see Barcelona beat Madrid, but everyone loves to hate Madrid outside of Madrid. It's like everyone hates Washington D.C. outside the beltway.
We washed, went downstairs and were told to take a look outside. It was a very rare March snowstorm that had swept in overnight. We knew it was cold walking around last night, but didn't think we would be waking to snow. So after breakfast we did a couple of walks around the town and then went back to our room to dry off and warm up. The snow was wet and slushy on the ground, but it was covering up the roads and so pretty much everything was on hold. We decided it would make a great day to just hang inside and catch up on paperwork and writing. We had all we needed for lunch between snacks and nuts and chips.
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| View from our Room at Villa de Abalos |
We made our way out later on that day too to get some photos as the snow was accumulating. Everyone thought it would melt away, but it just kept building to few inches. Not a bad thing for the vines at this time of year. It puts some water in the ground, and it also kills any bugs that may have made it out earlier in the warm weather last week.
We ended up with Tapas that night with another couple from Canada who just checked in on Sunday. They were here for a biking tour and were planning on swapping their 2nd week for the first week to deal with the snow.
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| The Vineyards under a blanket of snow |
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| You'd think B&W - but not with that brown hut. |
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| From further away |
