• Spain 2026
    Selfie near the walls, not far from our apartment.
    Chestnut trees in full bloom here.Almost like a secret gardenThis is a second set of walls inside the first.Around the moatThe gate with a drawbridgeHere's the mechanism for the gate.Now a dog park in the green space.Yet another gate made the city easier to defend.Our apartment is the building with the red and the gray balconies.An old entry point now blocked off.View from the top.3Our day packs fit in our pockets.

    The Navarra Museum

    April 25 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    After a bit of a sleep-in and a load if laundry, we made another trip to the grocery store for some supper items and things we could not carry last night. We have 2 tiny folding backpacks and a grocery bag so there's not room for much!

    Today we walked up into Pamplona through the Portal of France. Pamplona has some fantastic walls which would have guarded the city. In addition, there are the remains of a star shaped fortress in the middle of town.

    As a pilgrim it's really a cool feeling to walk up through the gates and into Pamplona's old city. We remembered entering the city in 2016 the same way we did today.

    The museum was very interesting and it was free to enter today. There was a room of prehistory, up through the bronze age. Spain has many cave sites as well as other archeological sites. Phil and I also viewed the Roman exhibits and the Middle Ages exhibits, before calling it quits to walk home for lunch.    Read more