We had a cozy and quiet Yom Kippur, Zooming into the morning services at Emanu-El, which ended around 8pm here, and then breaking the fast in what might be described as a Sephardic way.
Emily documented sunset over the cathedral from our beloved rooftop patio in Huesca.
We spent a Friday afternoon exploring the castle at Loarre, about half an hour northwest of Huesca. The castle might be familiar to Ridley Scott fans (not us) from Kingdom of Heaven. It was built into the rock above the Aragonese valley starting in the 11th century. Spectacular views from an edifice over a millemnium old.
The main church for Loarre was moved from the castle down to the town below in the early 16th century. We wandered the quiet town, visiting the church and climbing its pigeon-filled tower.
Returning home to Huesca, we stopped by Spain’s oldest grocery store, which we were told is a must visit. The store is charmingly preserved, but no one warns you about the crazy town doll museum in the basement.
In the evening, we had the finest meal of our trip so far, the Aragonese fixed meal at Michelin rated El Origen in Huesca. Thoroughly spectacular. We documented only the wine, but there was a tomato dish with carpaccio, codfish stew, a slow-roasted lamb that seemed technically impossible, and a calamari rice that, in further evidence of pigs flying, Emily happily sampled. Plus a cheese course and a dessert course and delicious moscatelo in the flagon Emily’s barely able to hold by the end of the meal.
We’re off to Oto, up in the Pyrenees, now. More final posts from Huesca soon.
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