Pamplona

(Posted 6/24/25). Dale is still hurting from the fall the day before yesterday. We decided we would walk the 5 miles into Pamplona though, and sent our packs ahead. The walk went pretty well.

We had reserved in the municipal Albergue, which turned out to be a former large church converted into a massive 122 person dormitory. It has a couple of levels of sleeping spaces in the center of a vast open cathedral like space. The effect is somewhat like the human storage space in the movie The Matrix. Walls of bunk beds extending into the distance. Oh well, it’s only one night.

While eating late lunch, we ran into a friend we had met the first day in Orisson who has a health background. She convinced Dale he should get a medical evaluation (not to hard), and helped us find a clinic. Thanks Judy Gross! After a reasonably long wait and an X-ray, we received the good news that nothing was broken or cracked. Now it’s just time needed to heal.Read more