May 5, 2015 - Day 10  Santo Domingo --> Belorado 21KA fairly spartan breakfast at the monastery. Made me a little concerned about the day. Still, it was nice to see the smiling face of the nun who checked us in and wished us "Bon Dias."Since we made a reservation to stay at the same … Continue reading May 5, 2015 Day 10 Santo Domingo -–> Belorado 21 K →

May 4, 2015  Day 9 - Najera --> Santo Domingo  21KHad a wonderful stay in Najera. Beautiful little hotel and awesome dinner with Steve and Leon at a restaurant that was close by. Pilgrim's menu of salad, steak and ice cream. Our waitress was especially friendly - a bright face and joyful smile. We left a … Continue reading May 4, 2015 Day 9 – Najera –> Santo Domingo. 21 K →

Kim has chided me for not holding up my part of the blog so here goes.  As you are aware from Kim's timely entries, I have gone through the trials and tribulations of blisters.  You may think you know what it is like but let me enlighten you...after nightly surgeries to drain each new bubble … Continue reading Donna – May 4, 2015 Najera –> Santo Domingo. 21 K →

May 3, 2015  Day 8 - Logono --> Nejera  29.1 KHad a somewhat sleepless night worrying about the status of Donna's feet, given that today's scheduled hike is the longest to date - 18.5 miles. Thankfully, Donna's blisters looked better, and I taped them up to give it a go. We had an outstanding breakfast … Continue reading May 3, 2015 Day 8 – Logrono –> Najera 29.1 K →

Day 7  Los Arcos --> Logrono 28.6 KWe were fortunate to get off to an earlier start because there was a restaurant that opened at 6:30 am. This was the longest distance to date - 17.8 miles - with one pretty good incline coming about 7 K into the walk. It was still dark as … Continue reading May 2, 2015. Day 7 Los Arcos –> Logrono 25k →

Donna - May 1, 2015After a fairly restful night, our B&B hosts Pablo and Theresa provided a wonderful breakfast and predicted that it would probably rain today.  Unfortunately, they were right so we walked the majority of our way through rolling hills and fields to Los Arcos in the rain. We stopped for some cafe con … Continue reading Donna – May 1, 2015 Estella –> Los Arcos →

May 1, 2015 - Day 6  Estella --> Los Arcos  21.4 KOur host from Hotel Zadul drove us down the hill back to the Camino, where the day started with a long slow climb out of town. Cloudy skies soon gave way to intermittent rain, and the temps were on the cool side. Probably low … Continue reading May 1, 2015 – Day 6 Estella –> Los Arcos →