Nájera

1 Sept 2025

If you have never had a fresh, ripe fig, I highly recommend it. It is particularly delicious and refreshing after almost 28km/17.5miles of walking in the sun and breeze handed to you by a Camino Angel. This nice elderly gentleman with not that many teeth was waiting for pilgrims at the edge of town, handing them out, fresh from his tree. It was just the boost I needed to finish my walk today.

Dinner last night with Karen and Steve from NJ who are taking a rest day so I may not see them for a while. Jill and Janie were planning on staying in a different town tonight than me so our little dinner crew had to break up. 😭 I trust we will meet again somewhere, someday. I left Logroño this morning about an hour before the sun rose- walking through the city lit by street lights. The path took me through multiple vineyards today. Grapes look pretty ripe to my laywoman’s eyes; the vines are heavily laden.

It was a long day of walking today and I am pretty tired, although I was lucky that there was not much elevation change today and even though there was sun, the breeze was nice and cool. I haven’t decided yet whether I will make tomorrow shorter or about the same as today.

Dinner tonight will not be that special- I was craving salad so I just bought one from the supermarket and for dessert I bought more of those “paraguaya” fruits (donut peaches). I keep surprising myself by the amount of food I am consuming- way more than normal- but I am burning around 4000 calories or more every day!