There’s nothing like walking to get the feel of a country...

Quote for the day:  There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast. - Paul Scott Mowrer

We started today in Logrono and walked 18 miles to Najera.  We climbed about 1200 feet and descended about 1000.  (Again, Steve would say that’s flat!). Total mileage:  119.  Long way to go...

Great sunrise colors outside our hotel in Logrono this morning.  They don’t show up so well in the photo so use your imagination.....



One of the many moving moments happened a few miles out of town.  We saw these two men walking closely together.  The man on the right is blind.  

The route today was again agricultural...grapes and olives mostly.  But the route largely follows a major road.  So, it was not as pastoral as some of the other days.  But here are some of the sites:





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At first we thought the beehive was our hotel/hostal.  But alas, it was this instead....Some similarities, we think....


Followed by this:


And just to update you on my feet...Steve’s fare better than mine....
 Off to Santo Domingo tomorrow.....

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