2024 CAMINO May 31st

    We were up and out the door very early this morning.  It was going to be a long day.   We took a taxi to the first town, actually a very large city  by the name of Logrono.   From there we began to walk again towards the city of Estella and the wine company of IRACHE.  The company  has a special treat for Pilgrims:   A Huge barrel  fue roall of wine next to the road where you can stop and fill your cup with their wonderful wine  from a facute before travelling on down the road

I had enjoyed the wine in 2015 but in  2018 I was too early in the morning and they had not opened the gate yet.  It was a treat to share this wonderful treat with my daughter.  Soon we were back on  the trail and  and soon found a new treat down the road:  an outdoor shop where a father and son made beautiful  pieces of art  and jewerly from iron.    Soon we had made a small purchase and were back on the trail             headed towards our next village where we would spend the night:  Villamayor.   We walked along roads and sometimes through the vinyards today all under the hot sun.  The final walk was up a very steep hill but the views from our alberge were fantastic.   This village has a very old castle at the actual top of the mountain and has survived over the years.  In 2018, my daughter climbed the mountain after we had arrived..... no.... I did not join  her  as I was exhusted by the time we had arrived at our albergue.   We had ten pilgrims in the albergue and we enjoyed a wonderful dinner prepared by our host. Today we esti.mated that we walked 12 KM  about 8 miles.  

2024 CAMINO   JUNE 1st

We were up early this morning for a  14 mile walk to  Albergue San Sol.     When we arrived they did not find our booking request but Jennifer worked with the clerk and soon our reservation was found and we had beds for another night!    Bunk Beds.... must have been forty or so in a huge room.  It was an interesting night finding the way to the bathrooms with a flashlight!   We had a group dinner of ten pilgrms including two brothers.   Another interesting evening as we got to know each other's backgrounds and share our travel stories.  We all spoke English and that helped keep the conversation going for several hours.