Day 7: Torres del Río - Logroño

We will always remember today as the day I lost my knickers. Or better said, I misplaced them. Yesterday we followed our daily routine, after arriving at the albergue, we showered and then did the laundry. We placed every item of clothing above the heaters, so that all of it would be dry by the next morning. I remembered that my knickers were the first to dry, I even remembered taking them from the heat.. But this morning I couldn't find them anywhere! Anyway.. Along with the telling of our day: we don't know what the temperature outside was when we left this morning, but surely below 0 degrees Celsius.. Because the ground was frozen. And it remained frozen for at least the next 15km of our day!




We saw a handful of pilgrims today, some of which we got to know nothing about, others with whom we chatted a bit, like the Italian pilgrim who started at Saint Jean the day after we did. On the way we also met a lovely Spanish couple on a morning walk. They told us that they had done the Camino Português a few months before; we talked about the Camino and Portuguese wine (verde branco), which they enjoyed a lot! Before we resumed our walking, they advised us to stay at the municipal albergue at Logroño and not to get lured by the hospitaleros from other albergues.





As soon as we got to Logroño we heard a woman asking if we were looking for a place to stay; "Go to that one over there, it's very nice!". Just as we had been warned.. We enjoyed Logroño. We made a pit stop at a cafe and ate some worderful bocadillos: pork loin with red bell peppers and tortilla with green bell peppers, plus two cañas. Then we sat on a park bench drenched in sunlight until the albergue opened at 15:00. Later we stopped by a cafe for some chocolate con churros (yum!). Finding something open to buy dinner on a Sunday after 18:00 was hard (you had warned us, Fiona!), but we managed.




Back to the albergue, I put my hand inside my fleece pocket and out comes a pair of knickers. Not sure what I've learned from this, but I'll find out eventually.