Logronos to Najera

A Camino day from Logrono to Najera ( day 9 ) is a day to do laundry, soak my sore feet in ice water, find toe socks, meet friends with extra blister treatment, read my book, and eat appetizers from bar to bar with new friends, sushi for lunch. I am trying to eat lots of protein today...hoping I heal faster (lol).

It is surprising but only by day 9, I am experiencing a kind of calm, a kind of settled on the Camino. Before I came on the Camino, I was determined to walk all 900 km, and was aghast even contemplating the idea of not walking every step.

But today, I am surprisingly good not having walked today and, in fact, have already decided not to walk tomorrow either. I will taxi to Santa Domingo tomorrow, and with a renewed plan to walk more of the Camino...notice of I said, "more", not "all" or the "rest of". At this point, walking "all" of the Camino is a moving target. It is that hard. Not physically hard from a fitness point of view, as much as our bodies ( mine and many others you meet along the way), are not accustomed to this amount of walking on hard stone surfaces, day in and day out in the heat and sun. So it is hard.

So tonight, I enjoyed the extra night in Lograno. It is a lovely city with a vibrant town centre where a person walks from cafe/bar to cafe/bar with their own speciality of appetizer, called "pincha/pincho", I have that totally wrong but something like that...so Diana and I enjoyed mushrooms with garlic butter, lamb, potatoes, and an unique speciality of roasted red peppers on top of bread, and the peppers are topped with a medium cooked egg yolk. The Spanish have the wholesome, food thing figured out.

Tomorrow I will taxi to Santa Domingo...and begin the Camino again. I am glad to have taken this time to not only heal my feet, but also reset a bit...enjoy some of what Spain has to offer.Read more