Day 8: Torres del Rio to Logroño

“In the Basque Country, you are served ‘pintxos’. It is never written ‘pinchos’ and they are never called ‘tapas’. This is the case regardless of whether it is served ‘pinchado’ to a piece of bread with a cocktail stick or not.” –Damian Corrigan, Spain Travel Expert*

Route: Torres del Rio to Logroño
Date:  27 June 2014
Distance:  25 km (12.4 mi)
Accommodations:  Albergue Santiago Apóstol

Armanda’s still asleep back at Albergue Pata de la Oca and Yeni, Olalla, Ana, and Al, who got up this morning at 3AM for a night walk, are somewhere far ahead of me. I am at peace, ready to follow arrows…

Just follow the yellow arrows.

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Dawn looking at Sansol from Torres del Rio:

0700 Leaving Torres

0700 Leaving Torres

Morning light and scenery:

0726 Camino Waymarker

0733 View outside Torres.

0736 View outside Torres.

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Viana:

Between Viana and Logroño:

11:12 Leaving Viana

Pretty little stretch of woods outside Logroño. You can’t tell but it’s right next to a highway.

On my way in to Logroño, I took a picture of my poles and posted it to Facebook with the caption, “I LOVE my poles!!!!”

When you’re hungry, you’re a lot less picky…

1219 Approaching the outskirts of Logroño

1238 Outskirts of Logroño

Camino graffiti:

Logroño Afternoon:

First things first. It felt so good to put on the knockoff Crocs I purchased in the morning in Viana

My friends Olalla and Pavel resting at Albergue Santiago Apóstol in Logroño. They had gotten up at 3 in the morning to do a night walk.

I was so excited to have a private electronics locker at Albergue Santiago Apóstol in Logroño. Until the next morning when I had lost my key and the hospitalero was nowhere to be found…

Plugging in my iPod in its own private locker at Albergue Santiago Apóstol in Logroño.

Wandered the streets of Logroño a bit.

I love all the outdoor cafés and restaurants in Spain.

I went to do a little exploring on my own and soon found the co-Cathedral

Lunch time

A little lunch behind the co-Cathedral. Kas Limón is a bit like Squirt or Limonata. I enjoyed my falafal.

Logroño evening:

(At 6:45PM, I posted the following on Facebook: It’s 6:45 and 31C. Not sure what that is in F but very warm!)

1935 Time for pinxtos (pinchos) “crawl”

First pintxos stop, Bar Soriano for their famous mushroom/shrimp pintxos. Great blog post about pinchos bars in Logroño.

Famous “el Champi” pintxos: hrimp and mushrooms! Heavenly! (Photo credit: Pavel Zufia)

Eventually we “crawl’ to another pinchos bar.

This is some fancy finger food!

2056/Logroño The air was warm and it felt like the entire world was dining in the streets…

How did you like following arrows? Share your experience in the comments!

*Learn more about The Difference Between Pintxos, Pinchos, and Tapas from Spain travel expert, Damian Corrigan.

For Logroño Pintxo suggestions, try Liz’s Five Favorite Pintxos and/or Savoured Journey’s How to do a Pinchos Crawl.

Click the photo below to see my photos from yesterday, Day 7