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On some portions of the Camino, the local authorities have sometimes made “improvements” to the Way. Some of these are great. And some of these are slippery concrete walkways on hills that become staggeringly dangerous when it rains. Today, it did not rain. Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Approaching Ermita de la Virgen del Poyo (Navarra, Spain) Map of the […]

Some of you may remember my post about Eunate. Well, the church of San Andrés in Torres del Rio is the second octagonal Templar church on the Camino. It even has the same alabaster windows. Like Eunate, it wasn’t open either. It’s just around the corner and down the block from Casa Mariela, and we spent some time hanging about […]

Here at the Casa Mariela in Torres del Rio, we ran into Phil from the Evergreen State College – he’s the one in the grey hat. Right behind us was a herd of his compatriots from the Evergreen State College. A Greener reunion took place, with shouts of joy and ukulele chords. Francine and I pushed on. Date: 06 April […]

After Sansol, it’s a relatively quick walk to the next town, Torres del Rio. It’s another hill town, literally on the next hill over. This sign stands 1 km outside of town, and it says an awful lot about some people view the Camino. I thought it was clever, but I’m not sure I agree with the sentiment. Date: 06 […]

And there it is – the town we spent about an hour and a half walking towards. Sansol! It’s another one of those tiny Navarran hill-towns that we keep walking through. We had our second breakfast in the first bar we found in Sansol. There we met up with some students from the Evergreen State College – small world! – […]

This was the day that we discovered that it’s always easier to walk when you can see your destination, no matter how far off it is. Even though the first town after Los Arcos, Sansol, was 7km away, it was an easy walk. This was partially due to the cool, gorgeous weather and the relatively flat and even trail, but […]

On the way out of Los Arcos, just past the Portal del Castilla, there’s a grassy common in front of some sort of municipal building. The park contains a number of stone sculptures in this style, including statues of Santiago, King Sancho IV, and whatever the heck this is supposed to be. Date: 06 April 2016 Place: Los Arcos (Navarra, […]

A final photo of the church of Santa María de Los Arcos as we’re leaving town. The picture gives a good idea, I think, of the narrow medieval streets of this part of the town. Sometimes on the Camino, you can get lost in these mazy towns, and you can never go far wrong if you head towards the nearest […]

Here we are at the start of another day! Francine is putting on her mitts on a cold morning in front of Casa Austria in Los Arcos. The sun is up and we are in fine form after a delightful breakfast at the albergue consisting mostly of good, thick, German bread and coffee so thick you could stand your spoon […]

The entrance to Los Arcos is not particularly encouraging. But looks can be deceiving! The further you get in, the prettier (and more medieval) it gets. From this photo, you’d be forgiven for thinking it a frontier town in the American west! Shortly after this photo was taken, we ran into Billy. He was waiting for a Farmacia to open, […]