San Sebastian

We had a really tiring first day. We started out in pouring rain which lasted for quite a while and then rained off and on the rest of the day. The trail going out of Irun was basically a stream... a steep stream. There was a lot of elevation gain, and then loss as we came back to sea level. Fortunately this is not at high altitude. Our reading led us to believe this would be 14 or 15 miles. Our GPS said it was 18.6, so a much longer day than we had expected, both in distance and time. Arriving at our hostel, I couldn't find our passports (Moriah's and mine) and a great deal of cash of mine. We called back to where we had stayed last night but my "pouch" wasn't there. It was very stressful for me, but I finally found where I had put it to be sure everything would stay dry, which wasn't the place I had decided to always keep it. It was the last place I looked! 😊 We are all tired but are waiting for our laundry to come out of the dryer. Having clean clothes will make us all feel better. Tomorrow should be a shorter day, but of course, as we found out, that's not for certain! Unfortunately, we're getting to bed late. I'm too tired to post pictures.

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