Very few elevation changes today which made for an almost leisurely walk. Walked along with a couple of new friends and with some familiar faces. Gathering my Camino family.
9/15 To Najera: Paths
9/15 to Najera: Ventosa
9/15 Stage Ten: Navarette to Najera
A lovely day for a walk. Mostly flat, cooler temps, early cloud cover.
Leaving Navarette. Road construction in the old villages looks a lot different!
Villagers are so helpful. These guys happily obliged my photo request.
And then, there’s the pretty kitty.
Finally, the path leaves the village.
9/14 Navarette Pottery
Navarette remains a major pottery center and has been so since the 16th century.
9/14 Navarette
I attended mass in the cathedral only to realize later that I’d crashed a funeral.
9/14 Stage Nine: Viana to Navarette
Had a good night’s rest in a beautiful property in Viana, but still woke shaky and very tired. Very few villages to take a break on this stage. I needed to spend time in Logrono, a city of about 120,000, to take care of a few things: had left an adapter with three cables plugged into a wall somewhere, needed a stop at a Farmacia for a few things, needed to go by the Orange network store and recharge my SIM card.
I determined my body needed a break, so I bussed to Logrono, took care of my business, then bussed on to Navarette. It was the right decision. As I write the next morning, I’m rested and ready to walk on.
Navarrette Mass
9/14 Attended mass in the cathedral in Navarette. Pilgrim blessing at the end of mass.
Rest Stop Ventosa
Viana to Navarette
This is a post from Mary’s FB account. As I type this at 0300 AM Central, she is on her way to the next stop.
“Had a good night’s rest in a beautiful property in Viana, but still woke shaky and very tired. Very few villages to take a break on this stage. I needed to spend time in Logrono, a city of about 120,000, to take care of a few things: had left an adapter with three cables plugged into a wall somewhere, needed a stop at a Farmacia for a few things, needed to go by the Orange network store and recharge my SIM card. I determined my body needed a break, so I bussed to Logrono, took care of my business, then bussed on to Navarette. It was the right decision. As I write the next morning, I’m rested and ready to walk on.”
9/13 To Viana: Rest
The stone benches face the back of a church. It looks like a place where mass was held. Or some other ceremony. Baptism? Appears to be an alter and a font. Now, it’s a nice pilgrim rest stop.
The little bar on the path has an amazing selection. On the other side of the path, across from the bar, are 6 metal tables surrounded by red metal chairs.
A generator sits in his vehicle trunk supplying power to a little George Foreman type grill. I had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and a coke.
