Santo Domingo de la Calzada
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My name is Amy and I’m an incoming sophomore at the U, majoring in political science. Today our troupe of pilgrims made a 21.3km journey to the town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada. We started this morning in Logroño, and took a 30 minute bus ride to the town of Nájera to explore this church called Santa Maria La Real. The church was built around a cave carved into the side of a cliff, meaning some of the church was literally part rock. Now, we’ve seen a lot of churches so far, but this one was crazy cool. It was quite expansive and the detailing on a lot of the tombs was unreal. Like really, some of the tombs scared me. The church was built because some really important guy wandered into the cave and saw a statue of the Virgin Mary, and proclaimed that there should be a church built there. We got to see the supposed statue that inspired this, and oh my gosh if I ever found that in a cave by myself, I would run. It was eerie and spooky but still so cool.
After we saw the church, we started on the Camino! The terrain today was pretty easy, no super large inclines. We are officially in wine country, so there was expansive farmland and vineyards. Oh, if only it was harvesting season! The first leg went smoothly, and the first checkpoint seemed to appear pretty quickly. I needed to use the restroom there, and oh boy the bartender there was not having it with me. I still got to use the bathroom after an awkward conversation over whether or not I wanted a glass of beer, or a bottle or Aquarius (Spanish Gatorade). The second leg was also good, even though it started raining. Oh my, my feet started hurting durning the last 9km however. I have at least 5 blisters on my feet, and rain that made my feet/socks wet did not help the situation. The last hour of today’s hiking was honestly so difficult, I almost cried when I got to the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
We stopped there to hear from Anne about the Camino Miracle, which in short involved a miraculous chicken and the life of a German pilgrim. Here we learned that Santo Domingo (the city), is known for its chicken memorabilia, which ie quirky and odd and so delightful. We got to tour the Cathedral too, which invoked going to the roof and overlooking the whole city. The Cathedral also had two chickens in a cage on display. The chickens looked sad. Nevertheless, it was quite a relaxing way to end the tiresome day journey.
During our rest time, some of us went to get dinner, ice cream, and then we played a thrilling game of Farkle in our hotel rooms, like the wildly exciting and exuberant college students we are. That’s pretty much it, thanks for reading!!!
P.S. also, I tried uploading photos to this website, but unfortunately couldn’t because technology so acting wacky. Here’s a link to all the places referenced in this blog post! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i6GXZWAuwXMxvcoWVvpeJzF1viK8P8vt
My name is Amy and I’m an incoming sophomore at the U, majoring in political science. Today our troupe of pilgrims made a 21.3km journey to the town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada. We started this morning in Logroño, and took a 30 minute bus ride to the town of Nájera to explore this church called Santa Maria La Real. The church was built around a cave carved into the side of a cliff, meaning some of the church was literally part rock. Now, we’ve seen a lot of churches so far, but this one was crazy cool. It was quite expansive and the detailing on a lot of the tombs was unreal. Like really, some of the tombs scared me. The church was built because some really important guy wandered into the cave and saw a statue of the Virgin Mary, and proclaimed that there should be a church built there. We got to see the supposed statue that inspired this, and oh my gosh if I ever found that in a cave by myself, I would run. It was eerie and spooky but still so cool.
After we saw the church, we started on the Camino! The terrain today was pretty easy, no super large inclines. We are officially in wine country, so there was expansive farmland and vineyards. Oh, if only it was harvesting season! The first leg went smoothly, and the first checkpoint seemed to appear pretty quickly. I needed to use the restroom there, and oh boy the bartender there was not having it with me. I still got to use the bathroom after an awkward conversation over whether or not I wanted a glass of beer, or a bottle or Aquarius (Spanish Gatorade). The second leg was also good, even though it started raining. Oh my, my feet started hurting durning the last 9km however. I have at least 5 blisters on my feet, and rain that made my feet/socks wet did not help the situation. The last hour of today’s hiking was honestly so difficult, I almost cried when I got to the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
We stopped there to hear from Anne about the Camino Miracle, which in short involved a miraculous chicken and the life of a German pilgrim. Here we learned that Santo Domingo (the city), is known for its chicken memorabilia, which ie quirky and odd and so delightful. We got to tour the Cathedral too, which invoked going to the roof and overlooking the whole city. The Cathedral also had two chickens in a cage on display. The chickens looked sad. Nevertheless, it was quite a relaxing way to end the tiresome day journey.
During our rest time, some of us went to get dinner, ice cream, and then we played a thrilling game of Farkle in our hotel rooms, like the wildly exciting and exuberant college students we are. That’s pretty much it, thanks for reading!!!
P.S. also, I tried uploading photos to this website, but unfortunately couldn’t because technology so acting wacky. Here’s a link to all the places referenced in this blog post! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i6GXZWAuwXMxvcoWVvpeJzF1viK8P8vt
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