With Orin from Ireland and Marta from Barcelona. Orin looks like Forest Gump

Orin and Todd. Orin is a long distance walker who's trying to find himself

Playing to announce church and celebrations

I'm not sure what we love more, fresh squeezed OJ or the coffee

Love their water fountains. This is in Santo Domingo

Another beautiful cathedral. Santo Domingo

I think Santiago keepa getting further away from us

Sunflower fields. Would have been nice to see them in full bloom

No one told me I could take a hot air balloon across the Camino!!

Todd about to climb MORE stairs. Almost done for the day!!

Our albergue Parada Vilora in vilora de rioja

Fellow pilgrims from France Martinque and 🇨🇦

Cirueña to Viloria de Rioja 21km 6.5 hrs

September 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

Day 11 on the Camino. The last couple of days we have walked through small villages that are almost deserted, ghost town like. I think it is the Camino that keeps them alive. When we walked through the larger village of Santo Domingo this morning, 3 men walked through the streets playing instruments to announce the beginning of a festival. It seems there is always a party going on here. We walked a bit with Orin from Ireland.
Dinner tonight at our albergue will paella. Yum

Just a side note….This morning we left a little later than normal so we were the last pilgrims out of the albergue. Our friend Cécile discovered that someone had taken her shoes. Can you believe they were the same shoe, same size just the sole was worn differently. The day was spent trying to find the people who were in our albergue last night. We think we have found them in a town 7km down the road …. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: Cécile took a taxi and found her shoes from a reluctant pilgrim who accidentally took the wrong shoes. Quite a story! Well done Sleuth Cécile!!Read more