Day 13 - 07.07.2020

We start a fast and beautiful day, used to walk many kilometres in one day, today's stage is a blessing, until Villa Franca del Biezo we do not find many shady places, but we went early in the morning so we had no problem.

The next route to Trabadelo is a real pleasure because most of the route goes parallel to the river, which gives you a generous shade due to the vegetation, but also an invigorating feeling due to the water.

We arrive at Trabadelo quite quickly during the day, we try to find out about the difficulty of the next day's stage, because the climb on O Cebreiro makes us uncomfortable and nervous. The rest of the afternoon we enjoy the pool of the pension where we stayed, but also on the banks of the river Valcarce, thus reducing the foot edema that accompanied me for several days.

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.