After walking on my own for a few hours after leaving Logrono (Where I ended up sleeping outside the bathroom in the hallway because of the snoring) I was pleased to run into an old man offering apples and cookies to the pilgrims. It turns out he was one of the first people who started painting the yellow arrows we follow towards Santiago (only three of the originals (done in 1980) remain). I have been taking pictures of my favorite signs that lead us to Santiago, many of which are these yellow arrows, today (day 8) I got a few that are really funny. After a arriving in Najera we settled in to the hostel and went out for a glass of wine, one of our favorite cures for the blisters haha. Day 9 was painful, I had put some strong bandaids on my blisters that were NOT helping and I was getting blisters around and under the originals. Luckily it was a short 22km and I walked the last 7 in my flipflops. Arriving in Santo Domingo de la cazada, Antonio (a spanish man who is doing the Camino for the 8th time) helped cure my blisters. He swears his technique will work through the nurse in me is dougtful as I now have thread running in and out of my blisters.. but I am willing to give anything a try at this point and Antonio swears by it with experience soo why not eh. Sure enough Day 10 was brilliant the walk was pretty and I felt great!! In Bolerado I officially met two young cousins walking the camino together. Ana and Ana were very currious about the work of Athletes for Africa and we had a great chat. Two very dynamic young ladies who will surely make a difference.. one will start uni to be a elementary school teacher, and the other a dentist. We had a mass game of Uno last night and I slept like a prinicess... no snorers tonight!!!! I now write from Ages a very small town with no store but a nice little bar. We have been lugging pasta with us so again we will have a family dinner. mmmmhhhh carb loading! The walk today was beautiful but unfortunately a bit painful.. blisters blisters.... I will some how figure them out but it is like they have a mind of their own.. one day they are fine.. the next not so much. People are so helpful and remain very optimistic which is great! As I get to know people a little better they have become more currious about A4A, which is also great.. many hadn´t heard of it and are looking forward to taking a look at the site, so I am thrilled. It is time to start cooking and wash some clothes.... so we will chat soon.

xox mila
ps tomorrow we will enter one of the biggest cities along the way, Burgos. We look forward to a hot meal and the hussle of a city again. hope all is well:)