Azofra

Today was a lovely spring day, not too cold, a little misty so that the sun didn't really come out till about 10 when we've already been walking for two hours. But the walking was easy and the scenery was lovely. Some nice vistas of the whole countryside.
So after about two hours of walking we came to a town called Nájera. There is a legend of one of the old kings out hunting with his hawk, which flew into a cave. When the king followed, he found a statue of the Virgin and child. So he had a chapel built over the site. Which of course became a monastery at one time and a church built, and now it's a museum, but very nice. Another great rococo altarpiece, a late (17th - 18th century) cloister, many tombs/sarcophagus, and the statue of the Virgin and child. Like most probably not the original, but still very nice. A nice peaceful place.
I met a couple of young guys last night in the crowd at the hostel. I say young because the majority of people making this pilgrimage are a little older, or even like me - old, or even older and retired, but these two guys, John and Alec from Georgia, are just out of high school, entering college next year. Both are very Catholic and were happy to meet a priest on the Camino. John is planning on studying theology at Franciscan University next year, so he has lots of interesting questions.
It was just a couple of hours down the Camino and we came to Azofra, where the municipal government runs a great hostel - lots of room, only two beds to a cubicle, great patio to sit and enjoy the sun, though by afternoon it's threatening rain again. It's a pretty small town so not much to explore. I already climbed up to the church which was locked. Guess I'll go think about super.