28 April 2008

The hotel was very nice. I was awake early this morning and when Bernie started stirring, I took my watch and told him it was 5 am which was the time we wanted to get up. Well, in my usual manner, I rushed up, washed my face while Bernie reluctantly dragged himself out of bed. His first reaction when I told him the time was disappointment as he had just made himself really comfortable in order to go back to sleep. Nevertheless, he got up and went to shave. When I checked my watch again it was just after 4am. Now, I had to tell Bernie I had made a mistake but I was killing myself laughing. He was sort of upset and said he would never ask me the time again. We went back to bed, me almost all dressed and waited for 6am now that we were almost ready to go.
We left soon after 6, still dark at that time here. The temperature was perfect and remained that way most of the day. It was cloudy but still really very nice for walking. Our goal was Navarette, a town about 21 kms away and past a major town called Logroño. Walking through Logroño, we were able to buy some fruit and nuts. We also stopped for a pastry accompanied by a coffee and hot chocolate. Exiting the town, we walked along a paved path for miles and miles where the people get to do their daily walk through a very organized recreational area. The park is beautiful and equipped with barbecues, children´s play areas and nature sites. Along the river, losts of men were fishing. We expected to be in Navarette by 2pm but the roads for once were decent and we arrived shortly after l pm. We checked in a little hostal right across from the Albergue. Bernie seems to have had enough of refugios for now. We were not in very long when the skies opened and it rained heavily for about 30 minutes. We felt sorry for the Piligrinos still on the road somewhere. It is now quite cold but sunny. We will probably have a bite to eat and go to bed early.
P.S. My (Danielle) feet are killing me even after being here for hours now. Hope I am not damaging myself for life on this HOLIDAY. Bernie is still taking lots of pictures and wishing he could download some for the blog. Hasta mañana!