Logroño, the lineage of the dark eyes

"Logroño, the lineage of the dark eyes", by Irene Pedruelo

Spain | Monday, September 12, 2011 | 5 photos

Someone once told me that If you want to know the place you are visiting you should avoid being a tourist. Since then I have taken this as the axiom of my life as a traveller. Last year I spent a few days in a spanish city called Logroño, known for being the cradle of the spanish wine production. Little did I know when I started the journey, that I would discovered some of the most amazing communities: the gypsies. As a journalism student I found not only a fantastic story needed to be told but also a handful of people that knocked down all my prejudices and reminded me the compromise I acquired years ago: sticking to the facts to tell the truth.
They were Logroño. People first, places later.