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  • TravelerThe Beauty of Moving Slowly
    Day 9–10

    Los Arcos to Logroño

    April 25 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    As I came around the bend on a steep descent, the small gravelly pieces under my feet were acting like ball bearings. Ahead of me, a woman seemed to be staggering all over the path and appeared in danger of a major fall. I hurried as carefully as possible and drew up to her shoulder. I asked her if she was OK and if she needed anything. She turned to me with a cheery smile and said that she was fine. As it turned out, she is managing a serious personal health situation that makes my sniffles seem so pathetic. If I start whingeing again about my own situation, take me to the woodshed – please!

    As I left Los Arcos, the day was crisp and clear with no wind and a rising sun at my back. I got into stride pretty quickly and made good time to Sansol, the first town for the day. Many pilgrims had decided to stop here for breakfast so all the bars were doing great business. I moved on to Torres del Rio which is about 900 metres further on but separated by a steep, deep chasm. It was also humming. I’m intrigued that two villages developed so close to each other and wonder that in days past, maybe that chasm separated them in more than distance.

    After that, I followed a valley through olive groves and small vineyards and the walking was pretty good. There were some steep inclines along the way today but I’m just dealing with them as they come. Some days are easier than others. About an hour before Viana I came to a food truck at the top of a ridge and it was doing a roaring trade. I stopped for a drink and found my first ‘slushy’ on the Camino. Delicious fresh, icy lemonade (with real lemons) – I had to have two.

    The day was warming up and so I kept going through Viana, which is a very lively town, and then on to Logroño. After a shower and a freshen up, I met Peter for a drink and we were joined by Frank from Belgium and Johann from The Netherlands. They are great guys and I can see us having many drinks and chats along The Way before Santiago.

    Today’s video from Efren sees him join in at Torres del Rio, about 10kms further on from where I started in Los Arcos.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPZhroqxwzc&amp…

    Distance today: 29 kms
    Total distance travelled so far: 163 kms    Read more

  • TravelerCamino De Santiago (Francés)
    1
    Day 16–19

    Logroño

    April 21 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

    We had a very rough night last night. One of those that makes you question why we are doing this and why we are subjecting ourselves to sharing rooms and bathrooms with 10 strangers when we could be sleeping in the comfort of our homes…. Or a private room somewhere.
    A gentleman arrived after everyone else was already in bed and the snoring and weird noises coming from his bunk bed were so loud we thought we may have to call an ambulance. I am sure nobody slept last night and I certainly considered packing my bag and leaving with Eric.
    We arrived in Logroño this morning and we took it slowly. The owner of the albergue where I am staying is from Argentina. He will allow me to stay two more nights to see if resting does anything to my foot.
    So, there won’t be much reporting for a couple of days (or nothing at all).
    We did get the chance to take a peak at the old city before Eric boarded the bus to Madrid to catch the plane. I will miss my adventure partner, but Simon needed his pappa back.
    This will be a different type of journey from now on.

    Logrono: Stayed at Albergue Albas    Read more

  • TravelerChris’s Camino
    21
    Day 12

    Logroño to navarrete

    April 21 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    The church here in Navarrete is fancy! Much gold. We had lunch at a bar here in Navarrete that had so many yummy looking items. Lots of locals enjoying the afternoon. Could only try a couple items. And on the way out of Logroño DUCKLINGS!!! So cute!Read more

  • TravelerJakobsweg '25 / Camino Francés
    Day 8

    Logroño - That’s it for 2025

    April 19 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    7 Tage, 162km, 3.450m bergauf, 3.230m bergab. Ich bin Santiago wieder ein Stückchen näher gekommen. 600km fehlen noch bis Santiago oder 700km bis zum Ende der Welt.

    Bisher bin ich 41 Tage auf meinem Jakobsweg unterwegs. Davon 24 Tage mit dem Bike (~2.300km) und 17 Tage zu Fuß (~400km).

    Etwas Wehmut beschleicht mich schon, ob der vielen netten Pilgerbekanntschaften aus der ganzen Welt.

    Aber eins ist klar, beim nächsten Mal geht es hier mit dem Gravelbike weiter.

    Zum Nachwandern (Zusammenfassung):
    https://www.komoot.com/de-DE/tour/2173684182?re…    Read more

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  • TravelerSpring 2025 Camino
    2
    Day 13

    Longest day yet!

    April 8 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    I planned to walk to Nájera today, which is the standard stage. But I’d really like to get onto the Meseta, on the other side of Burgos, ahead of Santa Semana. That’s the week of Easter, and along with all the Holy Week celebrations, which I am looking forward to, it is also a week off for Spanish school kids and many families have a tradition of spending the week walking a stage of the Camino. Which is wonderful, but also it gets busy, and challenging to find a bed, or do I’ve been told. I’m thinking it may be quieter in the small towns of the Meseta. So I added one more town to my walk today and went about 35-36K, or about 21.5 miles.

    It went well! I mean, it was hot, I got tired, but I was not miserable! I think I’m really getting my legs under me.

    The sign thing is interesting. Absolutely crickets so far. I’ll keep putting it out, because who knows, but maybe it’s just a little too weird for people? It seems like a potentially great fit for the Camino to me, but maybe not? The upside is I really have been loving my days walking alone. Plenty of chats in diner stops and at the albergues. This kind of time and space to just be is an amazing gift.

    I stopped at a place offering “English breakfast “ today. Yes please!

    Also walked through a great area with a lake, lots of birds, including the two in the picture, and squirrels the general size and shape of our grays but a really pretty red.

    I’m in the Rioja region now. Lots and lots of vineyards, looking very different from my first Camino, when they were loaded with grapes. Also lots of olive trees.    Read more

  • Süden ☀️
    113
    Day 48

    Wein & Tapas / Logroño 🍷🍘

    April 4 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    zum Apero wollten wir zur LAN Degustation. Auf der Homepage war alles schön beschrieben und tönte sehr einladend. Ernst freute sich wie gestern 😉. Wir fuhren km weit durch Rebbergen. Der Rioja Alta zb hat gerade 587 Hektaren Reben (bei uns ein mittlerer Winzer ca 20 Hektaren). Angekommen standen wir erstmals vor verschlossenem Tor und nach mehrmaligem Klingeln wurden wir unfreundlich empfangen 🥴 kein Weintasting nur kaufen , zahlen und gehen. Das taten wir dann auch. Sehr schade! 🥺
    Weiter gings dann nach Logroño zur bekannten Strasse Calle del Laurel. Da haben wir ganz schön zugeschlagen 😋    Read more

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  • TravelerCamino 2023
    112
    Day 14

    Day 11

    September 1, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    Left Logrono 6.45 am arrived Navarrete 11.45am
    12.5ks today. It is our rest day.
    Very little signposts to show the way out of Navarete this morning. It took 45 minutes to get out to the city fringe. We walked mostly on paved footpaths today, very hard on our feet. We need to get some washing up to date and have time to rejuvenate.
    We have noticed that the locals are very helpful, and even though the language barrier is there, we get ourselves understood. Lots of laughter.
    We are managing with our packs really we now we don't have the intense heat.    Read more

  • TravelerPeregrina Romana
    Day 9

    From Logroño to Ventosa

    April 10 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Auf dem Weg sind wir in Navarete einer Töpferei vorbeigekommen. Dort hat dieses Kunsthandwerk grosse Tradition! Konnte im Gespräch mit einem alten Töpfer austauschen! So schön zu sehen, wenn jemand so passioniert ist. Leider hats mit den Videos nicht geklapptRead more

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  • TravelerCamino 2025
    1
    Day 6

    Day 5 Najera

    April 7 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    So the Tapas Run is every night 60 specialized Tapas shops open for everyone to enjoy. It's 2 blocks and packed.
    A 29km day took me 7 hours. Pretty quick because I had a great conversation with a New Zealander and we didn't even stop for long, just kept japping all the way to Najera. Poor guy arrived in Barcelona after 34 hrs of flying, the hotel was still closed so he went to Starbucks, started a conversation with a guy on the left while his backpack was being stolen on the right. Poor guy😒
    All in all it was a beautiful day😊    Read more

  • Portugal Pilgrimage
    122
    Day 57–58

    Camino Stage 7: Los Arcos to Logrono

    March 28 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 10 °C

    27.8 km hike today! 643.4 km to go!

    Long hike today almost completely by ourselves. We hiked through vineyards, over rolling hills, and through little villages. Along the way, there was plenty of time to think... "What does it mean to be on a pilgrimage?" "Where is the line between appropriate business (taking care of life- family and community) and making business an idol?". Will we do anything different when we finish our Camino?

    The sermon today was about Luke 10:27- love the Lord your God and love your neighbor. The priest here used the word "people near you" instead of "neighbor" and invited us to consider what it would look like to see God in everyone in our proximity and to serve them. I will be thinking about that as I hike tomorrow.

    Additionally the words of the Lord's Prayer (Give us this day our daily bread) resonated with me especially today. Right before walking into mass, Matt and I had walked to a grocery story to get our daily provisions for tomorrow. We truly can only buy what we can carry and what won't spoil without refrigeration for 24 hours. I began thinking about what it means to take/live on just what we need rather than what we want or what would make us comfortable (I am really missing my kitchen and pantry.). We have a long hike tomorrow. Looks like I will have lots to think about as we walk. Love and peace to all.    Read more

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