What a rest day it was!

I started the day hanging out in the breakfast room, updating my blog.  With intermittent WiFi, the process took longer than expected.

Next, I grabbed our laundry and headed out to the local laundromat.  Interestingly, the washing machines dispense their own detergent.  This laundromat allowed me to pay tapping with my phone.

Upon returning to our hotel and putting away laundry, Minke and I wandered around Logroño.  When we arrived at the cathedral plaza, we noticed people milling around outside stores…and no lights on in any of the stores.  Power outage!  Throughout Spain and Portugal – and a bit of France!

We headed into a tapas bar to grab a bite and a glass of wine.  The server calmly wrote down our order on a scratch pad, used a calculator to add the total, and accepted our cash.  Everyone was so calm and chill!  We asked the server if the power goes out frequently, and he said “no.” 

Next, we went back to the hotel where our room was, thankfully, on the first floor (ground floor in Europe is Floor Zero).  When I woke up from my nap, I strolled around town on my own for a bit.  I went into a store – and the lights came on!  Five hours after losing electricity, we had power once again.