Day: July 24, 2023

Viana to Logroño

Walked today: 6.6 mi Camino2023: 78.4 mi

leaving Viana we immediately picked up the dirt path winding through walled in, run down/ ruins of gardens and outbuildings
Looking back at Viana silhouetted by the rising sun
vineyards were visible all along our walk
an open area just before reaching the dividing line between Navarre and La Rioja
Entering the region of La Rioja
A paved path bypasses the industrial and highway network on the north side of Logroño but you must walk up and around and through several underpasses.
graffiti is plentiful in the underpasses and quite impressive
one last steep section before we…..
… go down and around into Logroño
We passed lots of vineyards along the way, today. These bunches are still a good 2 months from harvest time.
crossing the Rio Ebro into Logroño

We stopped at Iglesia de Santiago Real on the walk into town to get our credentials stamped, but no stamps were to be found in the church, so we continued on.

exterior and interior of Iglesia de Santiago Real

We stopped at a restaurant on the main street of Logroño for a slow breakfast before getting to our hotel.

We got to our hotel at 10:00 and waited an hour before our room was ready. This was not a problem today because the lobby was cool and a comfortable place to get off our feet. And the wifi was good, so we had plenty to occupy our time as we waited.

our hotel in Logroño

After getting into our room, we got showers and then went out in search of pintxos for lunch, a specialty of Logroño.

After a couple of wrong turns, we discovered the section of Logroño where 20-30 pintxo bars are located. After a brief reconnaissance run, we selected a bar, then selected 4 different pintxos and then shared them along with a copa each of red wine.

two examples of our pinxtos: a satay of chicken, pepper and tomato (top) and fried egg over chopped chorizo (bottom)

After lunch, we stopped at a small market and bought some snacks and bottled water for tomorrow, then returned to our room.

The rest of the day was devoted to reading, blogging and napping. We had a light snack supper.

We also treated some mosquito bites due to some voracious insects who apparently invaded our room last night and did some snacking, no, had a banquet (Linda=20, Jim=30+) on both of us last night.