Day 3: Zubiri - Pamplona

Day 3 already!

Time passes both very quickly and very slowly. We started in the dark this morning off with team America, a really nice group of guys. Today felt a bit closer to civilisation, walking through increasingly bigger towns as we headed towards Pamplona. We also started to leave the greenery behind and get into more dry, yellow terrain.

Today was a really cool day of just zigzagging with different familiar faces, walking a few bits with different people. I got to Pamplona with Grant and Theresa, a young couple from Virginia, and we immediately found some beeeautiful pinchos bars. A beer and a rojo vermouth washed everything down beautifully.

Pamplona is a beautiful Spanish city! Lovely streets, churches and stops for food and drink. I saw the bull ring and can only imagine the chaos of all the bulld and people in what is a very old style town.

A quick stop via a church and decathlon to replace a mysterious missing pair of undies and then I headed to my accomm for a siesta. I think my pack may be a bit small for me, definitely some pressure in the shoulders and my hip flexor still pretty tender. We'll manage.

For dinner i met up to farewell Troy and Melvin heading back to Louisiana. Both absolutely lovely fellas, the best of America with their energy, positivity and genuine just love of life. Between them and my new mate Moses, they would say a big hello to anyone and everyone, which certainly freaked some of the locals.Read more