Day 9-Torres del Río

Woke up early to eat our breakfast and be on the trail by 7am. Our host left breakfast on the table for us. Lovely fresh bread, homemade jams, donut peaches, and oj and coffee. It was good but since it was all carbs, I was hungry a couple of hours later. Luckily, there was a food truck with picnic tables set up so we has sammies and Aquarius.

It's funny how the body parts that hurt in the evening, don't hurt in the morning. I guess that's why we keep walking. The trail today was nice and easy. We started downhill and then it leveled off for most of the day, meandering through beautiful, green farmland.

We arrived in Los Arcos in time for lunch. We wanted pizza but it wasn't available for a couple of hours so we had tortilla de patata. We waited another half hour for the church to open because we heard it was a beauty, and it did not disappoint.

The half hour wait gave me time to attend to my foot. I have a problematic pinky toe that gets pinched and I've been surprised how well it's been handling the walks. Well, up until today. After two weeks in Spain and nine days on the Camino, I can officially announce that I have a blister. Yesterday's 17 miles must have done it in.

The last four miles seemed to go on forever, partly because it was actually six miles for a total of 14 miles today.

Our place today has a pool! The water was freezing but we got in anyway.Read more