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Published: October 2nd 2014
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Owing to the state of Sue's feet, the decision was taken to travel by bus. Sue would have stoically walked on as she doesn't want to affect our Camino but the truth is, to go on could be worse than an easy day.
We caught the bus to Logrono with Aisha, knee problems, and Agnes, bad blisters. Along the Way we could see many travellers walking the path and even though you are heading in the right direction, you have really temporarily left the Camino. That is how I felt anyway. There was a view held by some before we left for the Camino that I would steam ahead and Tim and Sue would catch up in the next village somewhere but I made a pledge to myself to stay together and started it on day one when walking with Doug and Libby. It is a better way to do this walk as you all know how the others are doing. So when one is injured, we all are injured and we make adjustments.
In Logrono we escorted Agnes to the hospital, found the hostel where Aisha was meeting her husband and then went to the square near the
church and had a coffee and a long break. While we were basking in the Spanish sun, Peter and Meryl, the couple from Brisbane we met on our first night, reappeared and brought us up to date on their travels. They must have been setting a good pace as we only caught them on a bus. They have been walking about 42 days now so they are well and truly broken in.
We left Aisha reclining on a chair and bought some bread, cheese, tomatoes and jamon and made our way to a large park to make rolls for lunch. The weather was perfect and it gave us an opportunity to plan ahead and reflect on all the great people we had met. This journey seems to come up with little unexpected surprises all the time, whether it be colourful characters you meet (not everyone is 'normal' like us, right?), or the lovely surprise bars or towns around the corner just as you are feeling tired.
After lunch we, or I should say Tim, found out how to catch a bus to Navarette where we were staying for the night. It was about a 15 minute drive and
the bus was packed with school children,the elderly and generally just people going home for the day. The albergue we chose for the night was ideal. We had a room that housed 12 people in bunks and we shared it with 7 Icelandic nurses. Language was no problem as they had pretty good english but there was only one toilet and bathroom between 8 women.
Once we showered we went to the local church and had a look and then wandered to the adjoining Bar for tapas and drinks. We worked our way through tasty olives, hot herb mushrooms, a white bean salad and zucchini fritters filled with white sauce. This was the best tapas we had had so far so we stayed for dinner.
While there, we chatted with Albert, a Swiss man who lives in Sydney. He is retired and does a lot of walking as it was a regular family activity growing up in Switzerland . Apparently his Australian family doesn't share his enthusiasm for walking. That's not how Albert expressed it and I'm sure he would have liked one of his sons to join him. We adjourned into the bar and shared a table
Tapas and wine
A great way to spend an hour or two. with a French woman and 3 Italian guys.
We were eating from the 'pilgrims menu' which consists of an entree, main and dessert served with wine for 12euros. First course was a garlic vegetable soup; delicious . Sue had roasted peppers stuffed with salted cod served with a creamy cheese for seconds while Tim and I had pork ribs with baked potato. The meal was capped off with a sheep's milk yoghurt made on the premises. After a chat and an invitation from one Italian to visit him in Milan for a meal, we went back to get an early night.
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Michelle McKean
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What a great experience!
Wow it sounds like you are having a wonderful time and meeting some very interesting people. Really enjoying hearing about your journey, looking forward to reading more posts. Please say hello to Sue from me, thinking of you both! From Michelle McKean (from St Dominic's).