D11- Navarrete to Azofra 22km

We were up around 0630 this morning and had a quick breakfast of toast and jam in our albergue. We met up with Amy again as she was staying in the same albergue. We walked up past the church and followed arrows and headed out of town. The walk today was mainly on a wide gravel road through Rioja vineyards. We still have poppies and daises lining the path along the way. We walked most of the day with Amy. We arrived at Najera mid morning and stopped at the first cafe we came to. We had juice, coffee and pinchos and everything was delicious. We finished off with a fruit Madeira cake that I had bought the day before at Viana, so we are definitely not starving. After refreshments we still had about 6 or 7 km to reach Azofra. The road was relatively flat through more vineyards, however the landscape changed a bit after Najera. We still had the healthy vines but now we had a backdrop of red dirt and very stony in areas. We are staying in the municipal albergue tonight and has over 100 beds with only two beds per room. There was a plunge pool in the courtyard with icy water so we all soothed our tired feet. We met up with Chris and Kate again as they were staying at the same albergue. We walked around town and found a field of poppies. We had pizza for dinner at a cafe and we thought it hilarious as when we ordered our pizzas he pulled them out from the freezer. We were expecting the worst but they actually turned out to quite nice.Leggi altro