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May 6th, 2013

We left the albergue at 5:45am and the sky was full of stars, we even saw 3 shooting stars! It was, however, a little tricky trying to find the small yellow arrows and markers in the dark! (It sometimes feels like a game trying to find the yellow arrows or camino shells, they’re on the road/trees/walls/curb… Some are as clear as day while others are hidden!)

​It was a gorgeous 26 degree day, so another reason to start walking early so we wouldn’t be walking through the heat and getting burnt on the left side only – we’re walking west! I had been in Spain for 6 days and hadn’t seen sangria being served, but my luck was about to change at our breakfast stop in Viana at 11am!

​We got to the albergue in Logrono just before 2pm, queued up outside the albergue waiting for it to open and thankfully got a bed. I was exhausted so I unrolled my sleeping bag and fell asleep straight away. After a much needed snooze, I got up and we went out to explore Logrono and find some dinner. The tricky thing is that most restaurants in Spain don’t open until 7 or 8pm, but when you start walking at 5:30am, you want dinner at 5pm and to be in bed by 7pm!

​We waited until 7pm and I ordered the white asparagus, (the specialty of the region) as well as wine as we are now in La Rioja country. There was one loud snorer in the room but I was so tired I slept through it!

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