Vinacua Hotel Zaragoza

... decided to follow the pilgrimage to Pamplona... we shouldn't have done that... that part isn't as easy as the people from Larrasoaña told us... at least we met some incredible people in the incredible refuge of Trinidad de Arre (One of the most chaming)

... travels around 300kph. All this was good preparation for our arrival at what must be one of the nicest, newest train stations we´ve visited. All spick and span, its gleaming efficiency and strangely trampless concourse are a testament to how the preparations for the Expo are going. In Zaragoza, people speak proper (Castellano) Spanish, so Virg feels more at home and as we walk through the streets looking ...

... shines so strong here, a nice tan is a definate. After the beautiful scenery of Navarra region, we entered the city of Pamploña, and it was awful. Too busy and too noisy! Anyway, the feet have blisters, but the kind ladies at the hostels, tend to them for me, the muscles are aching but im still plodding nicely.

... eating, we were told we (all 800 of us) were going to head into town that night and "rip it up" we were told to wear our group tops and we headed into town, we were to take over one of the streets, but there was so many people in town that we hardly even took up a corner. The had a NZ flag and a Australia flag and we followed that through the streets, stopping off in little squares now and again to sing NZ songs or for the boys to do the Haka. Our group broke off a ...

WOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! What a day! Started early, on the road by seven am. The beauty of Powerbars allowed me¨to carry me breakfast as I walked as well as give me the strength to keep going! The climb was steep, ultimately 1400 meters at the top of the Cize pass in the Pyrenees. I was in the land of vultures along with flocks of meandering sheep and grazing horses. The first 4-8 km was bloody hell! If it weren´t for my enthusiasm, I don´t think I ...

... know what to think about that. It was a little funny though because a lot of people say that they have run with the bulls, but in all actuality have not. People were entering the arena from the bull run like 2 or 3 minutes before any bulls had even arrived. Once the bulls arrived they just went straight through the arena and exited out the other side. This does not mean the fun is over. After a minute or two, they let smaller and younger bulls out into the arena to ...

... looking pretty tame, oh spaPIN looks pretty 3rd world compared to the rest of euro, well thats all i can think of for now, and hey shane hows bejjing? and china? get yourself some cheap nikes or what? hah anyways hope everyones having fun, its hot here looking forward to pampalona and then back to germany, wish i packed a lil less, we are moving around so much anyways time to run, sorry for the boring email.

... bars and people drinking. We ate the best field mushrooms and calamari we both agreed we had ever eaten. Pamplona wasn´t so bad after all. The next day however, the city was like ghost town. We have come across this everywhere we have been in Spain. During the day, very little seems to happen. The places only come alive at about 9pm when everyone heads out to party. Meanwhile, Mick and I spent the day vainly wandering around town trying to find something to do. The tourist office could ...

Miranda and I made a "Thanksgiving Dinner" for my roommates and some other friends from school! We cooked it on Sunday (a few days after the actual holiday)and we had a great time. Although, it was a bit different than the Thanksgiving Dinner I´m used to...it was really exciting to share the holiday with people who don´t usually celebrate it. I had a lot of fun cooking with Miranda, we had to improvise a lot when cooking and we changed some ...

... and try to get some lunch only to find everything closed. Go back and lie down again. Meet some fellow Pilgrims for dinner only to find they have walked twice as far as you that day and arrived 3 hours earlier. Check laundry. It´s still damp. Go to bed at 10pm sharp, unable to sleep, worrying it will rain tomorrow, hoping it won´t be too hot tomorrow. Worrying about the number of kms there are to cover tomorrow. Then ...