Friday, May 29, 2015

Walking day 4 and yesterday evening

Break on top of another hill . Tom checking pics he took 
Weird .... People left rocks and intimate notes everywhere . Not just at Cruz del ferro (memorial we pass by in 2 weeks )
So yesterday evening we had drinks and dinner with our walking group for that day . Interesting combo Kastas , a 40 year old guy from Lithuania . He work 3 months at the time on big grocery store projects all over the world . This year in Nigeria . Then there was Ken from Sweden , a funny young 30 year old guy who is in his 8th month of a trip around the world .... Not all on foot ha ha ,and Helen from Denmark who works as a computer specialist at some big company . Very interesting stories all day . Today we only saw Helen there groups change often during the day depending what pace you walk . Today we arrived in Logrono . A big city and famous for Rioja and tapas. So tonight we'll go on a tapas crawl ! One drink and a few tapas and on to the next place . Should be fun :) we still feel great . We like km 4 to 17 or so but the first few km your body is stiff and it takes half an hour or so to get back into the good pace etc . The last few km of the day seem to take forever . Sore and tired as you are they are tough . But we do it :) and do it well . So many walkers have injuries already . Severe blisters ( one lady we met from Iceland had to have them treated in the hospital :( Tom and I have great gear and take every morning 15 min to tape our feet . My shoes work great and expensive insoles pay off ! We also make sure we get plenty nutritious food so we stay strong and energized . Also decided to fill our camel paks with bottled water only . Cheap so why take the risk to get stomach issues as some hikers did from the water fountains. Ok that's it for today :)))) 

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