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Day 30 - 31: Logroño to Rochester

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Day 30 - 31 : Logroño to Rochester Date 23 - 24 Jul 2025 ( Wednesday - Thursday ) Total This Camino: 243 miles Total All Caminos: 1859 miles Lodging (Deb & I): € 113 @ B&B Hotel Viladecans Total Lodging: $ 2310 Total Airplane(s): $ 1427 Travel Insurance (Larry): $ 360 Buses / Trains / Taxis (Deb & I): € 96 train fm Logroño to Barcelona € 30 Taxi fm train sta to hotel Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 415 Food (Deb & I) : € 77 $30 Total Food: $ 1761 On the Road  Today is the day to head back home.  Starting out with breakfast at a local porras shop.  Check out is noon so we have some time to kill in the morning.  Our train leaves at 3:00 p.m. so we have to Lug our bags around for a little while, and figure out something to do.  But tonight I should be in Barcelona.  Tomorrow night I should be home in Rochester. 2:30 p.m. Arrived at the Logroño train station.  In asking about getting to the train platform...

Day 29 - 30 : Logroño

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Day 29 - 30 : Logroño Date 22 - 23 Jul 2025 ( Tuesday - Wednesday ) Total This Camino: 243 miles Total All Caminos: 1859 miles Lodging (Deb & I): € 60 @ airbnb Total Lodging: $ 2175 Total Airplane(s): $ 1427 Travel Insurance (Larry): $ 360 Buses / Trains / Taxis (Deb & I): Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 259 Food (Deb & I) : € 80 Total Food: $ 1631 Wanderings Tuesday Tried two different cafeterías y churrerías but neither had churros.  Anyway, I finally decided to walk back to La Tertulia, which is where I got my churros yesterday. They are very very busy this morning.  I learned today that I have not been having churros here but instead I have been having porras. I explained the difference later in the blog. Morning temperature as I was walking to the cafeteria was actually 61° which is a temperature, which we never saw the whole month we were hiking. From 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Deb and I were taking one of the free tour...

Day 27 - 28 : Logroño

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Day 27 - 28 : Logroño Date 20 - 21 Jul 2025 ( Sunday - Monday ) Total This Camino: 243 miles Total All Caminos: 1859 miles Lodging (Deb & I): € 120 @ airbnb Total Lodging: $ 2103 Total Airplane(s): $ 1427 Travel Insurance (Larry): $ 360 Buses / Trains / Taxis (Deb & I): Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 259 Food (Deb & I) : € 58 Total Food: $ 1535 Meaningful Moment Watching all the pilgrims on the Camino Frances walking through Logroño.  In the course of one morning session of coffee and churros, I counted maybe 10 pilgrims.  In the entire time on the Camino de Ebro, which comes to just under a month, I saw zero pilgrims. Random Thought of the Day After starting hiking on the 27th of June, and now ending on the 20th of July, after 240 Mi, it is time to relax. Arrived in Logroño today, after hiking all morning and part of the afternoon. Walking across the bridge over the Rio Ebro.  Occurs to me that people doing the Camin...

Day 27 : Alcanadre to Agoncillo to Logroño

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Day 27 : Alcanadre to Agoncillo to Logroño Date 20 Jul 2025 ( Sunday ) Today's Distance: 13 Mi / 15 km Total This Camino: 243 miles Total All Caminos: 1859 miles Route and Stats Lodging (Deb & I): Total Lodging: $ 1963 Total Airplane(s): $ 1427 Travel Insurance (Larry): $ 360 Buses / Trains / Taxis (Deb & I): $ 14 - Train fm Agoncillo to Logroño $ 10 - Taxi FM train sta to airbnb Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 259 Food (Deb & I) : € 5 Total Food: $ 1460 On the Road 6:45 a.m. Up and about on the final day of hiking.  8:00 a.m. On the road  10:15 a.m. The Ermita de Santa María de Aradón. Amazing geographical beauty in the surrounding countryside. 11:50 a.m. Snack break. Just outside of Arrúbal. 1:00 p.m. Pineapple juice break at a bar and fruit break from a public market. Only 2.5 mi remaining. 3:00 p.m. Agoncillo train station. End of Camino del Ebro. 3:16 p.m. Train from Agoncillo to Alcanadre. Due to the routing system...