Estella

First, I want to step back to last evenings stay. A sweet Alburgue with a contemplative vibe. A great view from an upper deck and great fellow peregrinos/ pilgrims! My room mates were a 70yr+ gentleman from Holland, a fellow from UK,a New Zealander, a gal from the UK, another gal I didn’t meet as she came in late and a gentleman from Asia (?) with pretty fair English. 😊. Several of the folks had been running into each other over the last few days at the same Alburgues/Hostels.
A quick aside: What I have learned from my h hostel guru (Tammy) is that normally a person wakes, gathers all (back pack, coat, etc., one slips out so as not to disturb those that are sleeping. No lights ( headlamps are helpful).
My roommates apparently had an unspoken agreement and I didn’t get the memo. 🤣.
They woke, turned on lights, came in and out of the room. Opened and closed compartments. And Johann from Holland was ‘sweet’ enough to touch my shoulder to let me know it was half past 6. ( I was trying to ignore them all for another 20 minutes) 😅
I decided to enjoy gathering my gear without leaving the room, the light on, not worrying about the noise level ( it was lovely), The fellow from Asian bent down to my bunk to make certain I was headed to breakfast with everyone.
It was all unexpected and adorable!
The next photos are of a wine stop and then one of Tammy and I before a pilgrims dinner at a local restaurant. *Select menu at a great price.
Note steep forward again to today: 21.9km, I love km, the distances sounds so impressive. 😎
. It’s warm here, lots of water needed and lots of fresh squeezed orange juice available at the villages! My personal favorite!!
The sights in the distance of the next break atop the distant hill were a joy today! There were some good hills, some slight long grades of 400+ feet and some steep abrupt ‘Ups’ climbing 400+ft.
I sound like a I am gasping at the top. 🤣
We took a quick break at a park in a small newer town a few km from Estella. We shared a picnic table with to gals from New Zealand. With all said and done they had traveled 30 hours to get to the start of the Camino Frances!!
Meeting people from all over the world while you are walking beautiful country is part of the joy!!
Feeling tired, waking up a bit stiff. Ask the fun of the first week. Walk it off in the morning! Walk, Eat, Sleep, repeat.
More photos later of this evening, perhaps 🤔
It’s 4:30pm for us 7:30am for you, presently.


Hugs to all
PS
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