Feet on the Ground: Haro, Barrio de la Estación.

Feet on the ground, Haro

Once more, I want to share with you a nice and singular pavement I found last week while we were visiting the exhibition around Haro and “La Rioja,Tierra Abierta”.

Duelas como pavimento

And there it is, a great way of recycling the pieces of oak wine barrels and a naturally soft and pleasant pavement to make a break in your wine tour around Haro.

I really recommend the visit and, why not, get the train and enjoy the tour…

Have a great week and don’t forget to look under your feet…

Here you have some more ‘Feet on the ground’ posts, can you tell me about a singular pavement you usually have under your shoes?

Other Rioja pavements

Cadaqués, where I’m always thinking about going back

Amazing Aspen brick pavement, USA...

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Logroño

 

It´s been a long time since my last ‘Feet on the Ground’ post.

This is a fall picture from the Logroño pavement in a renewed historical area nearby the old wall of the city, called ‘El Cubo’ (by Ulargui-Pesquera, arch.)

In the route to Santiago, it’s obligated to visit Logroño… The capital of Rioja and nowadays ‘Capital de la Gastronomía Española’ what means you can enjoy amazing restaurants and very good tapas everywhere… I recomend you a weekend here, I will write more about Logroño soon.

 

Have a lucky week and don’t forget to look under your feet…

 

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Camino de Santiago

This is another of the signs to guide you in your way to Compostela, , you can find along the route to Santiago.

But in this case, this is from The Northern Route to Santiago, from Santander. That’s the way of the pilgrims that choose to go from France but near to the coast.

In my mind, that would be an incredible experience, because of the nice weather and the Cantabric- coast landscapes and the picturesque villages you can find from The Basque Country along Cantabria, Asturias and finally to Galicia.

Have you ever seen something like this? Do you want to share your photos?

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Sajazarra

This is a medieval Rioja Alta located village with an unusually well preserved castle- and a popular winery inside. And this is a picture I took of the pavement during an afternoon walk last spring.

Sajazarra is a great example of fine housing maintenance and care about streets and pavements renovation.

This web can help you to discover the amazing heritage of the Rioja Alta main towns.  This is a great summer plan if you are interested in wine tourism.

Highly recommended!

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Cadaqués_ mayo 2012

I can hardly remember the last time I walked over such an incredible pavement. Cadaqués, the centre of this amazing village, has the original well conserved stone streets floor. (Don't try to visit with a stroller and really dangerous on heels).

This is a popular nice Mediterranean fishing village not only because of the beauty of the traditional housing, but the picturesque corners and details everywhere.  

You can also see below how are the new pavements following the tradition.

 

Therefore, don’t forget to take a look ‘Under yourfeet’and... enjoy your tuesday!

 

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Today it’s been a cold and rainy Sunday here in Rioja, only 10ºC in the midday.

But it was only six days ago that we were enjoying this nice weather… not far from here!  So let's wait, summer will arrive soon... I hope!

Have a nice week, sunny or not!

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Camino de Santiago

 

 

Along the route to Santiago, you can find a wide range of signs to guide you in your way to Compostela.  

Some of those signals are located on the floor, as the bright yellow arrows painted on the ground that you can find along many streets on the route.

However, I just took these pictures from the nearest streets to our house, where I usually go for a walk in the evenings.

I can imagine tired pilgrims looking down at their feet and meeting this nice signs that notice they’re on the right way.

Have you ever seen something like this? Do you want to share your photos?

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When I am travelling I actually enjoy taking photos of the things that you cannot find in a typical travel guide, I can’t resist taking pictures of cute places, rare people and things like that.

Much as I enjoy discovering new cities and great sights, my favorite part of a trip is finding the charm of the small corners.

It is the same to me with the pavements of the streets I walk around for the first time. I can’t help looking at my feet every time I discover something new under them.  

Therefore, I want to show you some of those singular pavement-photos here.

What about the first one? This is a ‘paving brick’ from Aspen, Colorado, one of the ‘heated sidewalks’ you can walk along even in a snowy evening on your dry boots.

There are lots of traditional houses and cozy mountain hotels you can still discover in this old mining town, also the most luxury boutiques and jewelry stores.

I loved this amazing ski- resort and have thousands of nice photos from there, moreover of the exclusive streets.

What little things do you like to take photos of?