Blogs from Navarre, Spain, Europe - page 17

Started walking at about 8am. It was a hard day. Weather cold. Tendons on my right foot quite sore and hard walking. Met Pep along the way just to say hello, he had found a couple of younger girls to walk with so we got the brush off....Thats fine am sure he had a good day. Met with Thomas and walked with him for a while but he got a head of us. Hope I see him again he owes me a beer. Found a very old church dating back to the 13th century. The door was opened so we went to explore and found places where people had written down messages and prayers and left. Just amazing the age of the church and the fact that it just stands all alone on a hill. I ... read more

Walked to Arre today.....was a easier walk only drizzling but still the hill´s. Jacqui has said that we do get to some straight roads eventually called the Massetta. I have to believe her.....If nothing else we are getting fit. We stopped on the side of the road and ate yesterdays bread rolls and 4 day old muffins for lunch....true pilgrims. When we entered Arre´s we had to walk over a 2000 old bridge....It just blows my mind away at the age of everything and of course the camera came out...infact it doesn't stay in the pocket for long...the world I am walking in is so completely different to the one I am use to....Where ever I look I see some thing that is hundreds of year olds.....Makes me so aware of how young Australia is as ... read more

Walked to Pamplona today...was a short walk I have a old tendon injury on my right ankle that is playing up and we both are feeling achy in the joints from walking everyday. The body has to adjust to walking distances every day, carrying a extra 10kg, so it is normal to feel like this. We have been told that there is a lot of pickpockets in Pamplona so we have decided to have a look around then walk through to the other side. The city has a population of 190,000 people and is the first big place we have entered. We spent 2hrs wandering around, walked the streets where the running bulls are chased, found a resturant that was opened and had lunch. It was easter sunday so there were evidence of the streets having ... read more

Started walking by 7.30 today. The municilpes abergues dont supply breakfast. Today was a very hilly day. Any one that has walked up to Mt Lofty I would compare it to walking to the top coming half way down just to go up again and we do that for most of the day. Stopped and bought breakfast from a bar (deli here some of them sell alcohol) Walked some more and ate some ham and bread roll for lunch on the side of the road which we had bought earlier. Once again the country side is green. It makes walking so easy when we have such great views all around us.....but am sure we would get to our destination a couple of hours earlier if we didnt stop to take photo's of everything we pass. Snow ... read more

We are only learning how to use this blog so all you smug tecchies should not laugh too hard! Uploading photos.s is proving a challenge so please excuse us. We are now in Pamplona but will recapto give you details of each day. Saturday 21st April- Roncesvalles to Zurbiri Early start among the hordes of pilgrims emerging from what must be one of the largest and most efficiently run hostels ever encountered. Cold grey morning and need for time to shake off the wine and brandy from the night before. Madeleine now approves of Soberano but is determined it will give her heartburn! Down though the woods where they once burnt witches, to Burguete and promised breakfast in the panaderia. This morning the screw fell out of Maddy´s glasses and we stuck them togeter with micropore. ... read more