Blogs from Navarre, Spain, Europe - page 8

Woke up around 7 a.m. to a grey day. The staff at Casa Magica, our alburgue, made sure we had a good breakfast of bread, boiled eggs, coffee and fruit. They are absolutely wonderful hosts and run a fantastic Alburgue - highly recommend it! Phil, Luzia and I travelled together again today - we seem to get on very well. As has been the case everyday so far, our hikes consist of many ups and downs - especially as one enters and leaves towns and villages. The hike into Estella was a wet one as the skies opened. One man we met who was out gathering snails along the road to eat commented that it hasn't rained in over a month! At first, the rain was a welcome relief from the endless sun; however it did ... read more

This is the third ‘episode’ of another of 'our' travel experiences. * The collective ‘episodes’ (this being the third) describe our journey from our arrival in Paris, France (from the 2nd week of May) for a holiday. The third week witnesses our departure from Bayonne and arrival in Pamploma (northern Spain) where we encounter Basque from a Spanish perspective. As noted in previous missives, our journey is largely unplanned - except that we have now decided to focus on the 'Basque' regions of France and Spain. As also noted before - we'll sort of go where the scenery and experiences seem worthwhile. This 'blog' begins the Spanish part of the journey. Eventually, we'll find our way back to Paris to depart back to Oz. If you missed our earlier travelblog 'episodes' for this journey, here are ... read more

Pamplona in Spain 6 and 7 October 2014 Oh the adventures of travelling. From Bordeaux, we could only book the train to Irun (which is a town just south of the Span/France border) and not to San Sebastian, so after the 2 1/2 hour journey to Irun, we caught a local train to San Sebastian. On the train, we met an Australian girl in her 30s and a couple about our age so we stayed together to change trains. As soon as we got to San Sebastian station we said our goodbyes and Tom & I hopped into a taxi to the San Sebastian airport where we were going to pick up our hire-car. While we were driving along in the Taxi, I said to Tom, "we are heading back towards Irun". The taxi driver kept ... read more

Days are melting together .. walk walk walk ..stop eat sleep wake up, stretch pack ,find coffee and something to eat hopefully within the first hour of heading out then walk walk walk The scenery is dream like , so beautiful, so historic. The Pilgrims we meet on the Way now are the ones that are struggling with some aliment , The healthy young energetic ones have moved on and are way ahead.The common theme now being blisters or a pulled this or strained that . I have a bum right knee but am making do. After 16 miles since leaving Pamplona with many long climbs and slippery descents its holding on with only modetate pain occasionally Since leaving Pomplona we have stayed in Puente la Reina, Lorca and now Estella in Hotel Yerri Tomorrow we ... read more

After two days in Pamplona we are packing up and heading for Puente la Reina . It will be a slow go as I glitched my right knee slighly so going gentle Would consider hopping forward on my left foot but that will cause my heels of my shoes to become uneven :) Today we visited the Cathedral of Santa Maria and the old city walls . Incredible history here people! Totally freaking incredible. Tonight dinner then early bed getting an early start ... read more