Springtime in Plaza Nueva

Iced coffee, Spanish style.

This is my life now. Blue sky, sun, a coffee, and a book, in one of my favorite spots in Tudela: the Plaza de los Fueros, or Plaza Nueva.

Spring has arrived and it's just too beautiful here to spend a single second inside! Morning, afternoon, evening, night, it´s always the perfect time of day for a coffee, a caña or a pincho at one of Tudela´s numerous cafés. The Plaza Nueva is the heart of Tudela and the perfect place to sit and watch Tudelan life unfold. Everything passes through this plaza and there is a steady stream of people on their way to work, shopping on neighboring Gaztambide Carrera, coming home from school. The plaza links the old and new parts of the town and if the sun is out, it is guaranteed to be full of people, enjoying a drink in the shade of the rows of umbrellas. When school lets out, the tables fill with children and their parents having a merienda, or afternoon snack and there are always children playing in the gazebo (meaning there is always a risk of getting hit by a football). Every hour I spend sitting here, I fall a little bit more in love with this town.