Day 2 - AM - Roncesvalles to Zubiri

Just before 6:30 am, the church bells tolled, the chanting started, and the lights turned on to awaken slumbering pilgrims.

I had planned to make a breakfast out of the items I had picked up at the supermarket yesterday but I could hear someone offering to give away their breakfast ticket for free. The first pilgrims he asked had already paid for a breakfast so I gladly accepted it when he came around. I will have to pay it forward :) Perhaps I will have breakfast with Bruno who was my bunkmate and who I had first glimpsed in Valcarlos. He had an interesting story and regretted way overpacking. He had brought a hammock and sleeping bag with the intention of camping along the way!

Well, I went to have the breakfast but it was actually a picnic ticket which was a takeaway lunch. It came in a drawstring bag and had a sandwich, apple, water, and granola bar. I already had all the fixings for a sandwich which I had planned to have for breakfast and lunch so just made my sandwich and stuffed all the meat and cheese from the picnic lunch into it too.

Today's weather will be cooler with a chance of rain. The elevation includes steep declines and I hope to make it to Zubiri.

It was dark and windy when I went to pick up the food so I will have breakfast and wait half an hour for the sun to come up before leaving.

Around 8:20 am, I followed Bruno out of the albergue this morning and we walked together a bit since he seemed to be waiting for me. We chatted a bit but he had to find an ATM so I went ahead. I had walked for an hour or so and then took a break for a cafe con leche and ordered a croissant to go at a bar in the nearest town. There was a slight mist/drizzle so it was a perfect time to stop to put my rain cover on my backpack and get my poncho ready in case I needed it.Läs mer