So here I sit in this strange twighlight zone town in an albergue that is donation everything, and when we checked in and didn´t order dinner the hospitaldora probably thought we were all nuts! We walked around town, except there really isn´t a town, just a row of houses. The last few days have been pretty eventful I guess I could say...trying to remember. Los Arcos to Viana, Viana to Navarette, Navarette to Azofra, and Azofra to Redicillo del Camino. In Viana we arrived to our refugio just as it opened (oh I have been walking with my american girls since Puente La Reina). The town was beginning a festival, so there was a huge concert infront of the cathedral, and we missed the running of the bulls the next day as it was at 2pm. The town was a beautiful little city on top of a hill and had gates all over, which we didn´t understand until we found out about the bull run! The next day we walked to Navarette which was a very small cobblestoned street village (as most are). We arrived an hour before it opened, so we put our packs in line and went to the bar where we all had a few glasses of wine. We were in La Rioja country which is where wine is cheaper than water and each glass was under 1 US dollar! YAY! Yesterday we were off to Azofra which was exciting because they only had 2 beds in each room (NO BUNK BEDS!!!!). I was feeling a bit feverish, so I layed down, and boy did the group of people I chat with get DRUNK off of about 5 bottles of wine (there were about 6 of them and when you are walking all day, and don´t eat a ton, that is PLENTY!). I was feeling very solitary, so I stayed away and went to sleep at 7:30pm. Today was the WEIRD day! First half fairly good. We were greeted by a very friendly cat early thismorning, and when we reached Santo Domingo we had a lovely breakfast of chocolate croissants! We were planning on walking to Grañon (only 4.7km after SD), but when we arrived, the only place to stay was in a stone church with yoga mats on the floor. All of us were feeling sore and not really wanting to get no sleep on the hard cold floor, so we decided to walk the 3.8km to Redicilla del Camino. It was a fairly short walk, and when we arrived we really appreciated the Albergue, but in my guide book it said there were 2 bars, and a bakery (plenty of options for food)...but when we walked around, there was NOTHING!!!! so...I´m short on cash (didn´t think about checking the places we were walking through to see if I needed an ATM, and have very little food with me! OH and we were so starving, that the woman was SO KIND and cooked omlettes for us even though we were not supposed to get anything until 7pm. So sweet of her! Tomorrow I leave my american girls, as they have less time than me, and I have tomorrow scheduled as a rest day (only 4.4km!). The place I´m staying tomorrow cooks dinner for us, so I´m pretty sure I can survive on trail mix, an apple and energy drink mixes that I brought along for this exact reason!
Lots going on...
Until next time...
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