A Couple More Saturday Photos

 Posted by LP

We are waiting for 6pm so we can eat dinner (the earliest we can find a restaurant to serve, many quoted us 8pm and 9pm…as is the custom here - clearly no good for tired hikers) - while we wait (drinking wine, sitting outside a bar), here are a few more photos;

Photo - advert for taxi (see What’s App and Camino logos, showing they are marketing to tired and injured hikers), seen as we walked in Najera
Photo - Little Free Library housed in a National Lottery Tickets booth 
Photo - painting on Little Free Library (little St. George and the Dragon - St George is the patron saint of England in case you didn’t know it)
Photo - “SuperWash” Super Hero at launderette/laundromat  

Photo - VQT on her phone while waiting for our laundry 

At our other effort at laundry (at the apartment we had the other evening in Los Arcos), we met a woman from Florida (we call her Beth), she told us that at the last minute she invited her sister to join her on the Camino, and since then the sister has been telling her husband that Beth is trying to kill her! - we did not meet the sister, but Beth looked very rough after one week on the Camino….she says she never realized it would be so tough! :)


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM

    Too funny about Beth's sister. Sounds like no mental or physical prep for the journey. Amazing she's still there. Clean clothes must feel really good. Hope you get a nice meal and good rest. JK

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM

    Super wash Superhero! 🤣 it’s Jessica.

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  3. CDZSeptember 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM

    Glad I read this about Beth. I keep thinking …I can do segment or two!! Ha!

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  4. DCSeptember 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM

    Poor Beth and sister-
    Btw, if you cycle the Camino does it still count?

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