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Day 6 - Puente de la Reina to Los Arcos
... try to get ahead of the masses.
But first, Reflections:
A - "If you wash socks and undies along the way, keep them in a separate plastic bag from the totally clean ones." I washed 3 sets in the Pamplona hotel (handwash...none of this fancy launderette stuff!). The little devils have a way of always getting to the top of the clean pile to be reused before the softer and nicer original ones.
B - "Never follow any other pilgrim unless you already know he is going ...
Torres del Rio - tendinitis, cramps, rest ...
Our day started with a wonderful breakfast put on by the Dutch volunteers. It was slightly overcast and rain clouds loomed in the distance. Debbie felt strong, her feet no longer hurt and we started our walk by 7:30am.
We walked through beautiful vineyards and wheat fields. We both felt strong, healthy and invigorated. Strangely after about 6 kms we noticed Debbie's knees to be red and swollen. They did not ...
Buen Camino
This trail is full of encouragement which is so amazing! Buen Camino is such a common phrase said to pilgrims by locals and by pilgrims to fellow pilgrims. The other day I passed by a large group of children on their way home from school and I was greeted by this wonderful chorus of voices offering the nice salutation. Actually to me even ...
The Walking Stick
... been carefully prepared with sticky rice and contained centers of ham and egg. It was then delicately wrapped in seaweed paper before being sliced into pieces. I could not believe that they found the items to make this wonderful meal, most notably the seaweed paper and the sticky rice, while all I could find on this Easter Sunday was 2-minute noodles. Although I suppose everyone present had made a more elaborate meal if I compared mine to any of theirs. I then figured that I was ...
The Fountain of Wine
Ah yes. The fountain of wine. This was to be found on the outskirts of Estella and we would be destined to walk past it today as we exited the city. And yes, this mythical fountain apparently has wine spouting out of it without charge.
We heard of this legendary fountain a few days before so the anticipation had been building for some time. The only stipulation for using the fountain was that you had to drink it right there (i.e. you couldn't bring a handful of bottles and ...
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