Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada

It is so exciting to get up in the morning and know that we are only walking 22km!  A new bounce in the step and a sense of joy abounds.  Heading out dressed for torrential downpours…no rain.  Again, we stop and strip off the wet weather gear and keep walking.  We only had three  towns to walk through today and we hoofed it through the first, Azofra with the intent of stopping at Ciruena for coffee.  What discover is that this is a new town attached to a golf course in the middle of absolutely NOWHERE.  They have built an entire town and there is NO ONE ANYWHERE to be seen, the roller shutters are down, golf course empty and NOWHERE to buy a coffee because there is no one alive in the place.  We have therefore rechristened it Virus Village and suggest you strike it of your visit list.  We eventually got to the third village and had to hunt for a coffee.  It is amazing what desperation can do.  Recharged we headed off on the path again heading for Santo Domingo  and making it in great time at 4.5 hours and dry .

Again, another phenomenal Cathedral and we weren’t  exactly sure as to why, but there is an entire altar within which lives a live chicken.  Discovered it has to do with the local Saint – we’ll explain some other time.  The sensation however is, that across the road from us, we have been informed by Sue from Alabama that there is a Michelin star restaurant.  Not exactly Camino fare, we may go and hunt for more Pinxos and Tapas to which we have become slightly addicted.  In the collection of today’s photos you will discover our other addiction – never EVER having been a beer drinker, and Lori only in hot weather, we have discovered Shandy on tap….a true miracle to be enjoyed at the end of each day.