Camino Day 4 - Zubiri to Pamplona for 1

When we began planning this adventure, we promised each other to walk our own Camino. In Zabaldika, Grace was moved by the Iglesia de San Esteban and the sisters who maintain it. She decided to stay the night in the albergue and catch up with me in the morning. I continued the 8-9 km to Pamplona through a mix of butterfly-filled fields and then the city itself. I'm spending the evening researching the bars around Plaza del Castillo and their various pintxos (aka pinchos, and then tapas as we move westward in Spain).

Spaniards are either pathological liars or forever optimistic. Every day we have been told that the next day is easy, and it isn't. Today started with several ascents up rolling hills but was easy once we reached the river about 4 km in. The thunderstorm last night that dropped temperatures by about 10 degrees today also helped.Read more