Camino Trip Day 12: Camino Day 8:

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We left the albergue about 7am, stopping at the Panaderia de Los Arcos for some coffee and sweets. There were a lot of wheat fields with mountain backgrounds in the 7 kilometers between Los Arcos and Sansol, the first town along the way. It was fairly flat, compared to other days, so far. At the entrance to Sansol we stopped at the Tienda Colmado for another cup of coffee and some sweets, our second breakfast. Once we left Sansol, and Torres del Rio its neighbor behind, it would be almost 10 kilometers with nothing.

Fortunately, there was a donativo about half way that had some soda, water and fruit. A donativo is a place where someone sets up with fruit, water, soda, etc., and usually you pay what you want to donate. In this case, everything had a price, except the chairs to sit down and relax in. This donativo was also well known for its piles of rocks that pilgrims add onto... until the tower falls. About an hour and a half later, we entered Viana, our stop for the night.

First we found your albergue, Albergue Izar and checked in, then we wandered around town. There was a pretty cool church, and the ruins of an older one, plus a lot of old buildings. We stopped and ate lunch at a hotel cafeteria because they had an interesting looking racion (that is a tapa or pinxto, but bigger). After lunch, we went back to the albergue, did our laundry, took a shower, and relaxed for a while. At about 7pm, when they eat dinner around here, we found the Cafe La Rua. They offered a pilgrim's dinner, and we ordered one for the two of us. I ate the paella (a rice and seafood dish) as the first course, and Manoli had meatballs and french fries as the second course. I had a nice ice cream for dessert. Afterwards, we returned to the albergue and just hung around until bedtime, and I worked on my blogs. Sorry for the late postings, but I'm having trouble catching up.

Tomorrow we head to Navarrete, about 22 kilometers.

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Comments

[RENanDREW]

Looks delicious
I'm enjoying your descriptions of the walking, but I have to confess to enjoying the food photos just as much :)