Hello everyone! I am beat….very tired. The first day is said to be the toughest of the Camino Frances….and boy was it that. Very steep……a climb from about 550 ft to 4757 ft and half of it in deep mud due to the rain. My 20 pound back pack got heavier with every step. Fog and misty rain all the way ….no beautiful view over the mountains and valleys unfortunately. We now share a cubicle of four with two girls from Berlin in a hostel in Roncesvalles…..it is very clean and and has hot showers….oh, thank you.

Images of today!

Departed at 7am arrived at the hostel at 2:30pm

Above: Resting in our sleeping quarters

Below: Cows cheering us on

Below: Camino marker in the fog and mist

Going down to Roncesvalles, Spain