Pamplona
July 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
Pamplona Wheat Fields
July 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Metal Pilgrims on the Alto de Perdon
July 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Its hot!
July 18, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 43 °C
The Bodegas Irache, monks making wine
July 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Breakfast at Bar Azketano
July 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Following the signs
July 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Food truck happiness
July 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Los Arcos
July 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After 21 kilometer arrived in Los Arcos, the first nodal point of the Camino Frances. Meaning, this town is small and has one central plaza all pilgrims congregate at night (unlike Pamplona, whereRead more
Interior of the Church of Los Arcos
July 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
It’s pretty empty
July 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
2017 and 18 this town square was bustling with pilgrims and the bars had chairs out and food all day, catering to a crowd that funneled in all afternoon.
2022 it’s one Café that is open, theRead more
Leaving Los Arcos
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Leaving Los Arcos early for today’s 31 kilometer leg to Logroño. I have a reserved bunk bed, so I don’t have to rush to get into an albergue. 9km until breakfast.
Sunrise over the grain fields
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
First coffee today
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
It’s not an easy day, but the weather promises to be more acquiescent to the walk with a max of 30°C. Today I am finishing my walk through Navarra and am entring La Rioja tomorrow, wineRead more
Towers
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The awareness that those wild towers destroy habitats and upset local microfauna isn’t that old, yet. Here under the trees of a nearby grove local conservationists and biologists helped create anRead more
All the way up, now back down
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Knee Killer
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Almost out of the “knee killer”, a stretch of Camino that truly taxes your glutes and knees,
Viana, a needed break
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Viana is the last city in Navarra. Behind it, a little down the hill, La Rioja begins. Stopping for ice cream and a short break in the shade sounded just too perfect to pass up.
At the hostel in Logroño
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
La Laurel
July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
This is a street in Logroño with dozens of food stands and street side food vending. And the best part is: everyone has at last one or two amazing vegan and vegetarian dishes and everything can beRead more
5 am
July 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Trying to beat the heat, leaving Logroño at 5am. That’s a little late, but I am hoping to be in Navarrete by 8 and Ventosa by 10. The final 12 kilometer are downhill and not that hard to do,Read more
Lake Panorama
July 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
The old Hospital de Abro
July 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
One of the oldest pilgrim hospitals in the Camino.
Najera downtown
July 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Ending our walk for today, the Dutch and Swedish mix of pilgrims arrived in Najera. It’s hot and the shops and bars are closed for siesta, so we’re chilling in the streets, drinking coke andRead more

































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