Hola from Pamplona – capitol of the Navarre (Basque region) population 200,000 and city of the el Encierro/running of the bulls made famous by Hemingway.

Wonderful day…sunshine…birds…beautiful vistas. Walked through several  Basque villages with interesting Spanish architecture and crossed the stone bridges of the river Arga several times….. did not do a “Martin Sheen” as in “The Way”.

Had dinner in the main plaza earlier….for the Spanish it was lunch since they eat dinner at 9 or 10 pm. Now staying in the auberge “Maria y Jesus” in the old city surrounded by a massive stone wall. Our bed neighbors are from Venice, Italy. You should hear everyone groan when getting up and moving around and all the blisters. We have no blisters yet…a few sore body parts – yes…it’s “Tigerbalm” to the rescue.

We are are sleeping here.

Dinner – Fried mushrooms, Tomato-Tuna-Cheese-Olive salad w/ bread and beer for two.

Pamplona – yes, we really are here.

 

On the trail