We cooked at the Albergue last night, then sat around and chatted to the other pilgrims. Was a lot of fun with all the languages going at once. Some are only doing a part of the pilgrimage each year, keep coming back each year till its done.
We headed for Pamplona today, but my plan was to walk around the old city of Pamplona, eat some Pincho' s, and keep moving. Tomorrow is long and has a 750 meter climb near the start. I covered an extra ,12 kilometers today so that I could shorten tomorrow a bit, but more importantly, I will hit the climb early before the sun gets high and the heat starts to boil. The temps today were the hottest we have had, and a long dirt road climb to this village of Zariquiegui was a bear.
we are walking out of the mountains now, starting to wind our way through wheat fields and farmland
All over Spain, one gets Tapas, which are small food treats mostly of dried ham etc, but in Pamplona, and most of northern Spain, they have Pincho' s, which are small elaborate ,tasty, fancy sandwiches. I stopped in Pamplona for a few pincho' s as I can't miss that, walked around old town and moved on. Its a great place, but I was here in the 70' s during the festival of San Vermin, when I ran with the bulls during the celebration. I remember it being scary dangerous then, and I'm not that keen to try my luck again. The festival is on in 5 weeks.
leaving Pamplona we came across a street festival parade ,celebrating some children's day as the town gets ready for the running of the bulls in a few weeks.
took an hour just to walk out of Pamplona on city streets, felt great to get back onto the dirt path and through the wheat fields again.
On up the hill to our night stop, and was I glad to get in, filled up with water and had a cold shower, and not by choice.
Pilgrim meal at the albergue tonight and off to bed by 8 pm
It is so pretty makes me want to plan it for next year.
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