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[QUOTE="SantiagoCruzB, post: 1189327, member: 98657"] Oct 9 Logroño-Navarette-Najera Today we took everyone’s advice and had only a short hike. We walked from Logroño to Navarette, then taxied from Navarette to Najera, where we have booked our accommodations. We left Logroño at 7:30am joining other pilgrims who were marching out of the city in the dark. The weather promises to be another beautiful day. The route was flat and smooth when compared to that of the previous days. Walking as nice, pleasant, and relatively easy. Just before the lake, we met Michael, a young friendly German. His English sounds good to me but he says it’s “not good” so he uses Google translate a lot when chatting to people. He talks to the phone in German and make us listen to the translation. He has some funny stories. Soon the sun was out but the road to Navarette was nice and shady compared to the previous day when the road was pretty expose to the sun and shade was minimal. The hike was pretty uneventful. It was mostly trudging along enjoying the beauty of the countryside, the peace and the serenity. We stopped a couple of times to drink water. Walking our usual slow pace, it took us almost four hours to before we saw Navarette in the distance. It’s located on top of a hill and looked very picturesque in the morning sun. About 4km from Navarette, we chanced upon Soriano, a Santa Claus look-a-like with a donativo and got our first sellos for the day. He was nice and friendly with some good stories. In Navarette, we stopped at the church (Iglesia Santa Maria de la Asunción) which has a very grand floor-to-ceiling gold altar. For one euro, you can have it lighted up. We got our sellos (there was table near the entrance where you have to stamp your credential yourself) There was a café next to the church with a huge, intimidating bartender, who was actually very nice and helpful. It was 12nn but he didn’t start serving the pilgrim lunch until 1pm but he still had the English breakfast. We were already hungry so opted for the English breakfast. (We got another stamp here) Seeing we were Asians, an Indonesian pilgrim, her name is Pancha, approached us and chatted. She says she has seen only a few Asians on the Camino so far. She came to the Camino to hike alone but has already made some friends and has been hiking with the same set of companions. She had her accommodations and meals booked for her in advance. All she had to do was get to her hotel for the day. By this time, the sun was already blazing intensely outside and although it was still cool enough we decided we’d stop here to avoid having the sun beating on us again. We asked the bartender, his name is Gabby, to call a taxi for us. The taxi came in about 10 minutes and took us to our lodging in Najera. There was no counter check-in, but they sent you the access codes by email the night before. When we arrived, the place was not ready yet, since it was still about 30 minutes before check-in time but the cleaning lady let us in to drop our bags. Just as we were walking out to explore the town, the cleaning lady chased us to tell us our lodging was ready, and we could go in (smiley face) It was a nice apartment with a cool relaxing vibe and felt very pleasant after the hike. After a resting, we went out to get some groceries. We met Michael again in front of the Albergue Puerte de Najera (he was staying here) which was just in front of the river and a few steps from the bridge. He had arrived a few hours before and showed us a huge blister on his left heel. But he says he was an army medic before and knows how to take care of it. We had an animated chat for about half an hour, again supplemented by his use of Google Translate. He pointed us to the Eroski center, a supermercado where he just came from. After days of eating out, my wife wanted a sit-down-at-home dinner since the apartment had a full kitchen and complete dining sets. She didn’t cook but we had some nice salads and some cooked food from the supermarket. Overall it was another wonderful and memorable day at the Camino. Thanks for reading this far. God bless![ATTACH type="full" alt="Michael Ger Oct 9 2023.jpeg"]158047[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]158048[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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