Peñafiel

This past Saturday, my API study away group took a trip to Peñafiel, Spain for a winery and castle visit. I was pleasantly surprised at how pretty and "homey" this subtle town was/felt. First, we had the tour and wine tasting at Protos winery. Then had an INSANELY large lunch at a delicious restaurant, followed by a tour of the Castle of Peñafiel.

But BEFORE the winery tour, we had some down time and some friends and I went to a little bar and got some coffee, coke...whatever. The little old owner seemed to like us and handed us some snails from the "tapa" window we were peering into for free. I was the only brave sole to accept the challenge. But...then I enlisted some friends from across the room to try with me. :)

These are bígaros. Small black snails. The big white ones have a different
name and are more "gross" (so says my host mom)

Here we go! Look at those brave faces

Sign on the right is the bar

Here's a view of the Castle of Peñafiel from the winery

Here's the winery from the front! I may have been obsessed with the architecture...

The pathway containing these barrels on both sides went for 2km

Real old section. Walls were carved with pickaxes!

More modern section

Protos!

Distribution set-up. Check out the ceilings.

Cait and I being classy wine tasters :)

Discovery: I do not like wine 

Sidenote: we got to keep the glasses :)

Mini spoon at lunch!

The attempt

The success. But bad weather came and went.

T'was a fun day with a big group of friends. Pretty little town, free stuff, unreliable weather...good times.