Camino Day 7: Villamayor to Torres

Total Distance: 21km
Step Count: 33.4k
Blisters to date: 1
Tortillas to date: 6
Injuries: 1 sprained toe 🦶

Today was an even earlier start, as the heat has become unbearable after 12pm. Josh, Adam and I smashed 12km to Los Arcos before the sun came out and after breakfast I was still undecided if I’d walk another 10 or 20km. As we were about to leave Los Arcos, Josh decided he was going to walk another 30km to Logroño (absolute madness!).

There was a whole flock of sheep and not one bit of shade for the rest of the way so the decision was easy. It’d be another 10km to Torres del Río where all the shelters had swimming pools, a serendipitous moment.

Adam, the Spanish women (Marijose & Alba) and I arrived around noon to “La Pata de Oca”, a ver small and cozy Albergue with a lil pool. We were welcomed by Vincenzo, a quirky and trickster hospitalero who had everyone in stitches all day long with his crazy comments and even crazier musical taste.

We spent an amazing afternoon chillin by the pool and getting to know another group of Spanish guys staying there, speaking so much Spanish again. After dinner, one of the guys started playing the guitar and entertained the whole albergue for a couple hours. I even got serenaded 🥰

Dinner was also an interesting experience. Adam and I had decided to share a pilgrims’ meal since we weren’t too hungry but we ended up getting a full meal each for half the price. So much food! There’s lots of generosity and abundance on the Camino. There was also a whole round of applause for me when I finished my plate, the struggle was real!

It was difficult to go to bed early surrounded by such good vibes! And while the night did have to come to an end at some point, it wasn’t without plans to catch up in Logroño, the big city we’d reach the next day that would mark the end for all of my Spanish Camino family except for one.Read more