All the free time has meant I've been doing some exploring, entirely on foot. On Sunday I did a small hike with two friends. Logroño itself is relatively flat, owing to its location on the Rio Ebro. But the area around the city is hilly or mountainous, depending on where you come from. That makes it easy to do a fairly significant hike in the space of an afternoon. Although we spent more of the walk getting in and out of the city, we did see two golden eagles (we think) right up close, and got acquainted with the clay-like terrain around here, which makes more of a difference to such a hike than I expected.
Yesterday I went for a walk along the Ebro, which connects two major parks in Logroño. Although this walk never left the city, it actually emphasized how small the city is - or how large the landscapes are around here. The other side of the river was, in parts, simply mountains/hills. The river itself played host to a number of bird species, none of which I can really identify - although there was one heron, it was not a great blue, which is the only kind I've seen before. But the walk was very relaxing and certainly served its function of filling the time interestingly.
One of a pair of golden eagles we saw. They were much closer than the picture reveals.
One of the mountains/hills across the Ebro from Logroño. Again, it's much more impressive in person.
Today I met more of my classes and had a fairly productive session with first-graders. Good thing, because tomorrow I'm dealing with preschoolers. There are new challenges every day.
Although it's unrelated to anything else, I must mention that this morning I saw a pickup truck that was filled with sheep. It's an odd feeling to be walking down a city street and to suddenly hear the sound of sheep bleating. Tomorrow will struggle to match that for a morning pickup - but I'm sure it will find a way.
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