• Day 3 Zubiri to Pamplona

    Sep 10–11, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Set out at 730am this morning with 23km to walk fully loaded with my 8kg pack for the first time. I was certainly feeling the extra weight by the end of the day but glad I did it.
    Pamplona is the capital of the Navarre region, an historic gothic walled city founded in 75BC by Julius Caesars rival, Snafus Pompeius Magnus.
    Famous because it hosts the running of the bulls every year in July.
    Today I followed Joseph from New York on the trail today, good company and a wealth of historic information.
    I'm staying in the Cathedral Plaza hostel with a great view of the epic cathedral, bunk room of 12 people and have some other Australians here to make me feel at home. Had my first Paella for dinner, yum !
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