Back on the camino again.
The river in Najera
Huge stacks of hay everywhere
Many pilgrims on the camino even though it's October and rainy.
A long road ahead before the next village
More rainbows
Pilgrim dinner in Belorado
Caves where hermits lived outside of Belorado
Arrived in Burgos and had chocolate and churros.
From Porto to Madrid, Madrid to Irun (38.6 €) then took the subway to Hendaye France (1.65 €) though I have heard of some pilgrims walking the border and the the train to St Jean (15.30€)
I would probably just try to find a cheap flight closer to St Jean instead cause it's so much faster to fly closer.
St Jean Pied de Port to Roncevalles 24.9km (around 7.5 hours)
St Jean is a cute town but much more expensive than the rest of the Spanish side of the camino. I dated at Altrea for 17€ which included breakfast (which is of course just bead butter and marmalade and coffe and tea). Nothing was open when we left St Jean so we were happy we ate the bread. It was really beautiful walking over the Pirinese and not as bad as I thought though it was really windy.
Logroño to Najera (29.1km)
I stayed at the municipal auberge (7€) but I heard the Parish aubergue was really wonderful and would stay there next time. Leaving Logroño there is a big bull that overlooks the city. In Najera I stayed at the parish aubergue which was a donation to stay and had a kitchen. Najera was a cute small town with neat cliffs and a red river passing through it.
Najera to Santa Domingo de la Calzada (20.8km)
In Santa Domingo de la Calzada I stayed at the aubergue and I think there is only one but it was really spacious with a kitchen and wifi and lots of sitting areas and a terrace outdoor area. The beds were really squeaky and some people complained of bed bug bites. The town was nice.
St Domingo to Belorado (22.4km)
We stayed at Cuatro Cantones for 6€ and it was nice with a pool a garden and a fig tree with ripe figs.
Belorado to San Juan de Ortega (24km)
We stayed at the aubergue in San Juan de Ortega which was a town with nothing no store and only one restaurant, but we did not want to walk the additional 3.5km to the next town Ages though I think I would next time as it was a cute town and had a market and places to eat.
San Juan de Ortega to Burgos (27.6 km)
Long day around 7.5 hours with stops. We stayed at Emaus (5€) which was great. It was so clean with small rooms closets outlets and lights in each bed and the the volunteers taking care of us were amazin and really tried to get all of us to be together. We all atr breakfast and dinner together for a donation and the cooked and served it all. The food was amazing and we did some singing and shared some prayers. The big group of Germans did a prayer before dinner in English for us and then the Spainyard sang another prayer in Spanish for us. A really great place though far from the city center for those that walked 28km.. Only a 10-15min walk but with a bag and everything can be discouraging.
Stayed an extra night in Burgos to rest and went to the Cathedral which is huge and for pilgrims we get a 50%discount so it was only 3.5€. We stayed the second night at divina de pastor aubergue for 6€.
