At last we are able to write another post ...have had connection and language problems. Blogger decided we should write in Arabic at one point!
0ur time in Logrono was short, but we managed to enjoy our first pilgrim meal of the trip. ..3 courses+ bread + wine/water for €12 ..a bargain!. Our choice of venue was popular with locals, especially those hoping to earn a few euros at the tables.
intermittently, other slightly younger customers kept disappearing through a side door, each carrying their glass of wine with them. Isabel decided to investigate and, discovering a more serious and intense card school in action, quickly returned pretending she was only looking for the Ladies! It was an entertaining evening.
On Monday morning we set out to walk to Naverette in lovely sunshine, full of the joys of being back on the Camino. Very soon we were enjoying the Riojan countryside. ..walking alongside fields of vine and olive trees, taking pictures of flowers, greeting fellow pilgrims with "Buen Camino!", passing the ruins of St Juan de Acre pilgrims' hospital - a reminder of those who have passed this way before us for centuries!
intermittently, other slightly younger customers kept disappearing through a side door, each carrying their glass of wine with them. Isabel decided to investigate and, discovering a more serious and intense card school in action, quickly returned pretending she was only looking for the Ladies! It was an entertaining evening.
On Monday morning we set out to walk to Naverette in lovely sunshine, full of the joys of being back on the Camino. Very soon we were enjoying the Riojan countryside. ..walking alongside fields of vine and olive trees, taking pictures of flowers, greeting fellow pilgrims with "Buen Camino!", passing the ruins of St Juan de Acre pilgrims' hospital - a reminder of those who have passed this way before us for centuries!
After about seven miles, Navarette came into view, a quiet, sleepy little town, where we had our first tapas lunch, visited the local church and booked into Hotel Rey Sancho. A short walk for our first day!
The town is famous for its Rioja wine, and there are many bodegas in the area. Sue had hoped to do some wine tasting on our trip, but the opportunty never arose. This was the nearest she got to it.
We are having lots of fun!
The town is famous for its Rioja wine, and there are many bodegas in the area. Sue had hoped to do some wine tasting on our trip, but the opportunty never arose. This was the nearest she got to it.
We are having lots of fun!
Sounds like it, was nervous about what you were going to find behind that curtain! Looks great
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Sounds like my kind of restaurant! Hope you are sneaking a bottle of that Rioja home in your backpack?!
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