The Best Thing About Walking.....

I´ve decided that the best part about walking, is when you stop. You realize you can actually be a human again, instead of just a walking machine. Yesterday, after a very hot walk in the very hot sun, we stopped in a beautiful little town called Viana. I collapsed on the first shady patch of grass I found and had a nice rest for about 10 mintues. It was after this little rest that I realized that walking makes you a bit crazy, ( or maybe it was the heat! ), I felt like I had just come out of daze and could once again properly function as a person. Weird.

The town of Viana was a great place to stop, in addition to our private room, we got to enjoy a bit of the local culture when we were sitting in the town square watching the local kids play a game of quasi-soccer (no nets or teams, or rules, just screaming kids and a soccer ball. )

Then we went and had a lovely dinner with an Australian couple we met a few nights ago in Estella, we had a great meal and great wine.....which led to us getting quite jolly, and was followed shortly by us getting shushed by an old French couple at the next table. The man made the gesture of turning down a volume knob on the radio, and told us to be less ¨woo hoo¨. We apologized for being happy, and left to continue our party on the patio with a few beers.

Needless to say, we all slept pretty well last night! Good thing we only had to walk 9k today, and this was because we decided to stop in the next city, Logrono, and continue the fun by taking a rest day and hanging with the Aussies a bit more. So this afternoon we enjoyed a few snacks, a few beers and some ice cream before heading back to the hostel for a bit of rest time before we have to eat again! Walking this much makes you hungry all the time! Thank goodness the food here is great! And knowing you are going to walk it off tomorrow makes even the unhealthiest food, guilt free!

That´s all for now, folks, but I´m sure we´ll update you tomorrow after this 27k marathon we have planned, and let you know we´re still alive!