Logrono to Najera

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Last night I waited for Raresh to show, for dinner, but when he did, he was with a Spanish pilgrim named Juan and they had bought stuff to make dinner. So, I went looking for someplace with interesting tapas and found a great place called El Gitano Loco. I ordered 3 tapas; one of stuffed eggs, one of croqueta, and one of paella, for a total of 6 euros with a soda. Everything was delicious and I left stuffed. See the photo to get a better idea of what there was.

We left Logrono about 6:15 for our long walk of about 30 kilometers. Around 10 kilometers later we reached Naverrete and stopped for breakfast at the Bar Caminante, passing the ruins of an old church/pilgrims hospital. After my usual tortilla and coffee breakfast, we headed to Ventosa, the last town before our destination for the day, Najera. Since they had an inviting looking bar called the Cafe Bar Buen Camino, we took another short break for coffee and took our shoes off before doing the last 10 kilometers to Najera.

After wandering around a bit looking for the Albergue municipal, we finally found it and checked, after a long wait in line. By now it was 3pm. This albergue is a bit small, old, and cramped, but was "by donation", so I can't complain too much. They did have friendly, cheerful volunteers that gave out glasses of water and pieces of melon while we waited. After stowing our gear, Raresh and I went out to find something light to eat. We found a place nearby that had a good assortment of raciones and shared one of Patatas Bravas and one of croquetas. Both were very good and cost us only 5 euros each.

We returned to the albergue and I took my cold (brrr) shower, then after working on the blog a bit, went looking for a market for dinner stuff. I ended up buying a carton of soup, microwavable meatballs, and a package of donuts. The soup was too much, but I had no problem finding someone to take half of it. Also, 6 donuts was more than enough, so I gave some to the appreciative volunteers.

Tomorrow we'll have a short day of only 21 kilometers, to Santo Domingo de Calzadas.

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Comments

[Home and Away]

I continue to enjoy your blogs...
which bring back my memories. I'm impressed with your walking distances. After I sprained my ankle coming down the Alto de Perdon, and staying at the albergue in Uterga, I had to limit my daily distances to about 10 km. I took three days to walk what you took one to walk in this blog. Departing Logrono, I stayed overnight in Navarette and Ventosa on the way to Najera. Then I took the bus to Santo Domingo de Calzadas...my favorite stop on the entire Camino. I hope you enjoy it there too.

[Zpet]

Not easy
I imagine that was a bummer. Even without issues it is pretty rough at times. I wish I could put more interesting stuff in my blogs, but not much happens most days. I am trying to add stuff about the albergues to help others understand and make good choices. So many shy away from the municipal and church albergues thinking they are bare bones and old. Glad you are enjoying my blogs.