Day 10-Logroño

Another 12 mile day that turns out to be 14 miles. At least it was mostly downhill and flat. Alot of the friends we're making now are transitory since we're doing different distances. We still get to chat a little and wish each other a Buen Camino.

We had a 6 mile walk to Viana and on the way we found a cute food stand run by a lady from Milan. We stopped for a Aquarius and a croissant the kept trekking. Viana was a larger and more modern town than I expected after seeing so many small, medieval villages. We arrived at 11am and found out they were doing a small running of the bulls at 1pm. We pondered waiting around to see it but that would mean we would walk the next 6 to 8 miles in the heat. So we opted to eat our snack and a couple of pintxos and then head to Logroño.

We arrived in Logroño around 2:30pm but still had to walk another mile to our hotel. At least we have a rest day tomorrow and we're near Calle Laurel where all the tapas bars are. By the way, right before Logroño, we left the Navarra Basque region and are now in La Rioja. So it's time to switch from pintxos to tapas.

We wrapped up my blistered pinky toe but because it tucks under the 4th toe, it hurt all day. I hiked in my Chaco sandals to give my toes extra space. After we showered and felt alive again, we figured out a way to tape my toes so the pinky one doesn't hurt as much.Read more