ログローニョの駅舎は割と現代的な作りだった。ここで我々は初めて格下の宿、ホステルに泊まることになる。エブロ川の近くまで20分ほど歩いて目的のPención Parque del Ebroを捜したがなかなか見つからない。住所を辿りながら戻っていくとそれらしき建物は進行方向からは目印が見えず見落としていた。トイレ、バスは共用で居住性は当然ながらこれまでのホテルからは見劣りするが、この先一泊€10の巡礼宿という洗礼も待っているし、ツイン€39は程々か。ここで物干し用にモンベルで仕入れた3mmφのロープ/5mが活躍する。洗濯ばさみはかさばらないよう文房具のペーパークリップを持参した。
ログローニョは人口15万の小都市ながら、エブロ川沿いには広大な公園があり、インフラの底力を感じる。それはこの後訪れるブルゴスで一段とその感を強くするのだが、破綻寸前と言われるスペインの経済力と地方都市ごとに感じる体力のようなものとの落差は何なのかなと興味深い。外へ出れば€1.20〜1.50で美味しいコーヒーがどこでも飲めるし、毎日お世話になったオレンジもキロ€1前後だ。旅行者のうわべだけなのかも知れないが、少なくとも疲弊感はあまり見当たらない。さて、エブロ川公園には子供のための科学体験場のような野外スペースがあり、これが実によく出来ていた。特に音を職業にするものとしては大いに刺激されるところだ。
Logrono
train station building was quite modern. In this city, we degrade our lodging
from hotel to hostel and we walked for about 20 minutes near the River Ebro without
being able to find Pención Parque del Ebro. We walked back carefully checking
the address, and found the overlooked hostel sign that we invisible from the
direction we had been heading. The room was reasonable, and the level of
comfort would be limited because the bathroom was to share. The fee of €39 for
two may be justifiable considering albergues we would stay later for €10 each.
The 3mm rope of 5m long was useful here as we washed underwear.
Being
a small city of 150 thousand citizens, Logrono seemed enjoying rather
prosperous infrastructure such as a huge park along the River Ebro. This kind
of impression of mine grew even stronger when we visited Burgos later, and it
was quite interesting observing the gap between reputedly dying national
economy and still seemingly sustained energy of real life in each city. A good
coffee was available anywhere for €1.20-1.50, and oranges were around €1/kg
that we depended on daily. At least, the cities did not look shrunk much to the
eyes of travelers. In the park of Ebro was a space of kids to experience
science which was great, and particularly stimulating those who deal with sound
in profession.
Logrono is the center of La Rioja, and we definitely
arranged a tour to wineries and visited taperias in the evening that were
regarded as good as those in San Sebastian. I felt most relaxed here since I
came to Spain this time.
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