Me, Nikki, and Angela outside the festival
We took the train at 12:30 and arrived in Requena a little before 2. After exiting the train station, I was able to smell sausages in the air. We walked down to the festival and started looking around. We went through at tent that was filled with information about vineyards near Requena and other things to do--mainly promoting tourism for the town. After exiting the tent, we found where the food was--and there was a ton of food!
The best thing to do at the festival was to purchase a ticket for 9 euro. With that ticket, you were given a small bowl and a wineglass in a tray...I found it similar to the Tomato Festival I went to with my parents at Hoyt Sherman once. We also received tickets. There were 5 tickets for embutidos (the sausages)--2 for wine--1 for water--1 for bread--and 1 for something called "amas de casa." We each used one of our wine tickets before heading in to the tent where all the sausages were.
Requena is famous for wine. The region "Utiel-Requena" has some of the best wines in Spain--and some of the wines have been said to rival the best French wines-just don't tell the French that. We were able to choose between a rosé and a red. After getting our wine, we headed into the tent where the sausages were. Meat shops were set up along each side of the tent, and when you went to a counter and gave them your ticket, they would take your bowl and fill it up with samples of different sausages.
One of our sample bowls.
We ate a ton of sausage--chorizo, longaniza, morcilla, salchicón, sobrasada...so much food! None of us were able to use all of our tickets--we got too full! We also ate bread and the "productos de amas de casa." It was all delicious!!
It was neat to be in Requena at the festival. It was not at all touristy. Most of the people were from Requena and just wanted to enjoy the products from their region. All in all--a really enjoyable day--and an experience that I will remember!
No comments:
Post a Comment