Spain
Azofra

Discover travel destinations of travelers writing a travel journal on FindPenguins.
Travelers at this place
    • Day 17

      Navarrete to Azofra

      May 7, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      I had a great night’s sleep. Albergue el Cantaro was perfect.

      We are now in La Rioja which is a wine area. And there are vineyards everywhere. And rolling hills. So it’s been quite pretty.

      Stopped in Najera and bought some pastries to eat in the park along the river for lunch. It was very busy with lots of families out as it was Saturday afternoon. There was an interesting display of weapons and uniforms by the military, I think it was a recruitment drive.

      I am spending the night in the municipal albergue and all the rooms have only two single beds in each which hopefully will give me another good night’s sleep.

      Albergue Azofra
      23kms
      Read more

    • Day 18

      Azofra

      September 2, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

      A whole lot cooler today nice walk. Meet Stan who went to collage in Forest Grove Oregon. This is where my parents went to school and also my grandparents lived. What a small world. Sandi neck is much better but her left foot is swollen. My right hip and leg are giving me the fits but we walk on. Buen CaminoRead more

    • Day 14 - Navarrete to Azofra - 23km

      September 12, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      The day without my backpack was a pretty good day. The forecasted rain didn’t materialize until now (it is almost 4pm). In fact, the afternoon got a little sunny and hot for the last 6km.

      I woke up at 6am to my alarm. I wanted to be on the road by 7am at the latest so I could get ahead of the rain. It was still dark so once I left Navarrete, I needed to put on my headlamp again for about 15 minutes.

      The province of La Roja (which I am in now), is known for their wines and I feel like the last two days has been almost all vineyards. I am not complaining though, the grapes are beautiful to look at, especially on the rolling hills.

      I took an option today to go to ventosa. It is about an additional 1km, but it had a cafe and a bathroom which I desperately needed. It was 7km before we reached the cafe and I had my first rest. I was definitely walking much faster without my big backpack and wondered if it would catch up to me at the end of the day. After I used the facilities and nourished myself with tortilla and Coke Zero, I was on my way.

      I reached Najera around noon. I stopped there and had a longer break as I had 6km to go and the rain didn’t look like it was threatening at all. Most people will be staying in this larger city, but Jörg and I weren’t fans the first time around, so I decided to not stay this time.

      I arrived in Afofra around 2pm and my backpack wasn’t here. I wasn’t too worried as I have an AirTag inside the bag and it said it was about 8kms away. It showed up about 10 minutes later which was great. I showered, washed clothes and headed into town for food. The restaurant wouldn’t feed me. They said they have a pilgrim meal at 6pm so I went across the street to the supermarket, which was the size of my bedroom, only a few people could fit at a time. I picked up some snacks for the trail tomorrow and enjoyed a small bag of plain potato chips.

      Now I am just waiting for my laundry to dry and the pilgrims meal. I am going to take my backpack with me tomorrow. As much as it was easier to walk, I missed it. The day pack I have is only built for carrying things in the evening, no ventilation so my back got hot and wet real fast! In fact, my back started to hurt a little and I wondered if it was the smaller backpack as well, as all the weight would be on the shoulders instead of the hips.

      I haven’t made a reservation for tomorrow but I am not too worried. I am only going 15km and I am 6km ahead of the rest of the people who are going to try and stay there. I get to see the church with the chickens, but I will tell you about that tomorrow.

      TTYL
      Read more

    • Navarrete to Alesanco

      September 23, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Today was another early start about an hour and a half before dawn, after breakfasting on some things we bought in the supermarket.

      8km of walking found us in Ventosa where we found much needed coffee and croissants.

Today was cloudy so we were spared the hot sun after noon.

      Another 8km found us in Nájera where we stopped for lunch.

      So far we’d been walking almost entirely through vineyards, some of them very large, extending over the horizon. We noticed the older vines are very sturdy and self supporting.

      From Nájera it was a somewhat unpleasant 8km trudge on bitumen roads to our pensión in Alesanco. It is slightly off the Camino but it had a room available for us.

      We walked to the pub in the center of town and drank a couple of radlers (beer with lemon, like a shandy) at an outside table and watched the passing parade. It is a very rural town and there was a constant parade of tractors pulling big bins of just-harvested grapes to one of the town’s wine makers.

      Right on 7pm it seemed as though all the townspeople descended on the pub to chat, play cards, have a drink or a snack. We couldn’t find a restaurant open so made dinner with the pub snacks, called pinchos.

      Back at our pensión we met a young German couple with 12 month old child who are cycling the Camino with a tow-along baby carriage. They had started from their home in Leipzig. They told us they had previously ridden from Perth to Melbourne in Australia.
      Read more

    • Day 12

      Testing the limits

      October 28, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Of my fitness. Almost 50k steps (35km), more than half on hard surface and all that on sandals.
      No blisters. A bit of dull pain, but that's to be expected.
      I left Logroño at 7 am and arrived here in the middle of nowhere at 3 pm. Took only very short breaks, as this was not much of a scenic walk. The highlights were yesterday's Pinchos.
      Watch the video of the parrot. Funny.
      Read more

    • Day 7

      7. DAY | 37 km

      May 5, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Deine einzige Grenze bist du selbst...

      Heute sollte ich eigentlich mit Simone in Ventosa schlafen aber dann riefen mich die anderen an und sagten Elli fange uns ein wir sind in Azofra also was tat ich ? Natürlich nahm ich die Herausforderung an und lief Richtung Azofra. Leider machte mir meine Achillessehne einige Probleme somit entschied sich einer der Truppe mir die letzten 3 km entgegen zu kommen, um mich mit meinem Gepäck zu unterstützen. Hier ist der Spirit echt unfassbar ohne sich zu kennen unterstützt man sich auf einer unglaublichen Art und Weise. Nun bin ich wieder in einer Herberge mit mehreren Menschen es ist unfassbar dass man in solch einer Unterkunft wo alles herab gekommen ist sich so wohl fühlen kann. Heute habe ich mein erstes Santiago erreicht im Sinne von ich kam hier an alle aplaudierten und waren so happy mich zu sehen. Wie viele Tränen hier flossen weil einfach so simple Dinge geschehen die in Worten nicht zu fassen sind. Es war die beste Entscheidung hier her zukommen.

      Ich liebe euch!

      Elli

      Il nostro unico limite siamo noi stessi...

      Oggi dovevo dormire con Simone a Ventosa ma poi gli altri mi hanno chiamato e mi hanno detto Elli catturaci siamo ad Azofra e allora cosa ho fatto? Ovviamente ho accettato la sfida e sono andata verso Azofra. Purtroppo il mio tendine d'Achille mi dava qualche problema, così uno del gruppo ha deciso di venire ad aiutarmi per gli ultimi 3 chilometri con il bagaglio. Lo spirito qui è incredibile, le persone si sostengono a vicenda in modo incredibile senza conoscersi. Ora sono di nuovo in un ostello con diverse persone: è incredibile che ci si possa sentire così a proprio agio in un alloggio dove tutto è il semplice possibile. Oggi ho raggiunto il mio primo Santiago, nel senso che sono arrivato qui, tutti applaudivano ed erano così felici di vedermi. Quante lacrime sono scese qui perché succedono cose così semplici che non si possono esprimere a parole. È stata la decisione migliore quella di venire qui.

      Vi amo !

      Elli
      Read more

    • Day 18

      Walk to Azofra

      September 2, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F

      We made it to Azofra today, walked 12 miles, found this art project leaving Ventosa this morning it was different heads... sun picture did not do it the justice it deserves. We passed lots and lots of vineyards again but found a few corn fields scattered throughout.Read more

    • Day 20

      Day 12-Azofra

      September 16, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F

      Short 11 mile day today. We left our hotel a little after 6am in order to finish walking early before the heat. It doesn't really get too hot here but you feel it when you're walking this much everyday. We stopped at the local restaurant that was, thankfully, open early for some breakfast and then we were on our way at 7am while it was still dark. Sunrise isn't until 8am here.

      We stopped in Nájera for a snack and continued on to Azofra. Between those two towns were flies contstantly annoying us. We arrived in Azofra at noon and sat in the plaza for a couple of hours greeting pilgrims as they arrived. There are lots of flies here too. I'm not sure what's attracting them and I'm pretty sure it's not us.

      The rest of the day will be spent strolling around town and having dinner.
      Read more

    • Day 15–18

      Day 11 Navarrete to Zofra

      October 2, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 57 °F

      We wanted to get on the Camino a little earlier today. But the couple that ran the Albergue were late opening so we couldn't get our laundry to finish packing up. They probably didn't get enough sleep either because the fireworks, music and festival activities went on until 2:00 am. We walked about 3.5 miles to Ventosa and stopped for breakfast. We enjoyed our continued journey through rolling hills and vineyards in the Rioja region.Read more

    • Day 17

      Kraina winorośli ❤️

      September 4, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Niby drugi raz to samo, niby cały dzień pośród winogron, a wciąż trudno oprzeć się by nie utrwalić ich na zdjęciu...
      Idziemy ok 2, 5 tygodnia wcześniej w kalendarzu niż w ubiegłym roku, ale różnica w dojrzałości winogron jest kolosalna. Krzewy uginają się pod ciężarem dojrzałych i olbrzymich kiści winogron. A my cieszymy się młodym lokalnym ubiegłorocznym winem, którego owoce rok temu podjadaliśmy💜Circle of life💞Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Azofra

    Join us:

    FindPenguins for iOSFindPenguins for Android