Logroño to Nájera

136 miles done. 364 to go.

Whew! Another long day of 19 miles on the Camino. I’m grateful that tomorrow is only 13 miles. While the past week has had sporadic fields of grapevines, today was pretty much solely wine country. Spring is certainly here and the vines are beginning to burst forth from their dormancy with fresh new suckers reaching for the sun.

Finished Nadia’s audiobook, Shameless, and walked in silence for hours, enjoying the vastness of La Rioja region.

Small town to stay in tonight, Nájera, which was once the capital city of the Kingdom of Navarre. I arrived after 7.5 hours of walking into a town that was… dead. 3:45 pm. Not a soul to be seen. Like ghost town. This town takes siesta seriously. Most businesses close at 2:00 pm and open back up at 5:00 pm at the earliest, but many later.

Met two Austrians and one German who are also on Camino and stayed up way too late. Walking the Camino is a matter of self: your feet, your back, your mind, your soul… but the people you meet and the stories shared are the most beautiful part of the journey.Read more