Day 9 Viana to Logroño

Andrea has left. I then left an hour later going down at a spanking pace the shady side of the which Vianahillat sits on. After 20 minutes the sun hit me and I realised I had left my sunhat at the hotel. So back up the steep hillside to recover my hat. After that no more problems. Had two sitdown stops and then into Logroño without any problem, arriving at 1 pm.
There is a huge fiesta going on. Various festivities over several days. Saint Matthew's day is the 21st September - San Mateo.
Could not get into my room until 3 pm. Siesta and a long sit on a roadside terrace watching the world go by - such a crowd, so much noise. Another nap and finally I thought of trying a little walkabout and ended up in the Church of Santiago. After I had been sitting there for a while mass started, so I stayed, received a pilgrims' blessing, had a beer in one of the bars next to the hotel and here I am in bed at last much later than I intended.Read more