Day 4 - 28.06.2020

 We leave Logroño around 6:30 am. The exit route from the city passes through a beautiful park, a pity that part of the alleys werein construction and we could not see it in all its splendor, although we managed to meet a little friend, whose picture I'm gonna leave lower, so you can enjoy it too. The park hosts a biological research station that studies the ecosystem around Lake Grajera which we thought was really cool.

Route

little friend

    Onwards the road passes through wide valleys, fields full of vineyards and sprinkled with a multitude of bodegas, too bad they were closed and we could not taste some wine, gentle hills, culminating in two more steep climbs: El Alto de la Grajera and El Alto de San Anton.

Born on the Way

Born on the Way

Born on the Way

    The only inconvenience of this stage, if you let me put it this way, is the presence of the A12 motorway, which accompanies us on many parts of the route.

    We arrived safely in Najera, since the morning we looked for accommodation during the short breaks we made, the only private hostel open in Najera, did not want to give us beds in the common albergue,  only in a private room due to restrictions Covid-19. We hardly managed to climb the 26 steps to the so-called room, the room had no bathroom, and the shared bathrooms were impassable: narrow doors and even narrower showers so in these conditions we appeal to a high level of hygiene: wet wipes. We eat cold canned  lentils, from the only open store  (it was Sunday and we had lost the count of days and thus ran out of food) and potato tortilla from a nearby bar, because we can not use the kitchen to heat them, another safety measure Covid -19.

    

    But of course we are happy and grateful to have a place to sleep. Ah, yes I forgot to tell you we were the only pilgrims in the albergue. Another day ends...

Day 3 - 27.06.2020

     I forgot to tell you, yesterday we spent the night at Estella in the house of a kind gentleman who, despite the storm, came by car after us personally so as to not wander aimlessly through the town.

    We easily cover the 21 kilometers to Los Arcos. Although this stage of Camino is famous for the multitude of services (shops, bars or restaurants), most of them are closed. We didn't even have a place to stamp the valuable Credential.

Los Arcos

    We mainly follow dirt roads without any places where you can sit in the shade and take a well-deserved break, so a rather difficult stage from this point of view in the heat of summer. Of course, arriving at the normal destination (from the appointments on the profile sites), we already expected to encounter problems in finding accommodation, so without thinking too much we set off for Vianna, believing that in the city we will have more good luck.

 

Vianna

Vianna

   The adventure continues on dirt roads, but also paved or concrete sidewalks at the entrance to the localities. Walking so many kilometres (about 48 kilometres) through different forms of relief we meet many cereal fields, olive groves, but also asparagus crops, we no longer think of the fatigue that is obvious, we think that we are very blessed.

asparagus crops

between villages

    We arrive in Logroño, although officially the private albergue where we spent the night was closed, we received accommodation due to an online reservation of a French woman, which makes our accommodation possible.

    I forgot to tell you about the food we ate these days: of course sandwiches, but also cans with lentils, beans with chorizo :)), which we could not even heat, but also salad.

    We are grateful to the entire Universe.