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Logroño
Logroño is a city in the heart of the main Spanish wine producing region of La Rioja. A school friend of mine, Steve Martinez, had moved out here eight years ago so I contacted him to tell him I'd be passing through. Steve and his girlfriend Lola took me on a tour of one of the six-hundred "bodegas" just outside Logroño. I was expecting a remote location but a town had sprung up around the bodega. Not surprising since it had been ...
And so we continue
... that's the lesson learnt and I can carry on with no further dramas! Leaving Puente la Reina I saw my first pretend pilgrims. Two European girls holding up a sign to Estella on the roadside hoping to hitch a lift. I think this goes against the true spirit of El Camino, if you're going to hitch a lift you might as well go to Madrid or Barcelona! I don't see why you should follow an ancient walking route if you're going to do ...
Another Adventure - In the Basque Country
... Your family can host a student for a 2 weeks or 9 months. It is a GREAT opportunity to learn about other cultures, and to form relationships that will be incredibly rewarding. It is so awesome to see Oihane's world, as she saw my world back in the states.
---I am so grateful to her and her lovely parents for welcoming me into their home and showing me their gorgeous homeland - I am so indebted to them!!!---
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A Podiatrist's Dream
... to leave our netbook behind) I don´t plan to keep up with this blog in my usual overly wordy way, but will try to post occasional updates for those of you worried sick about what we may be up to without your knowledge, or maybe just bored, or involved in a lucrative office pool as to when, not if, we will eventually collapse in a pair of sweaty, surrendering heaps. Hence:
The Quick Version
Day One from St. Jean Pied de Port to ...
Najera
... picked up a bug of some kind.
We started out and walked to Ventosa. That was too long of a walk without breakfast (7.5kms.) We found a small bar and had coffee, tea and croissants. We decided that since Debbie wasn't feeling well we would take a bus from Ventosa to Najera. Well that didn't work as there is no bus that goes through Ventosa to Najera. Debbie, being the trooper that she is, sucked it up and walked the 11.5 ...