Obanos Spain

11 miles today. We were all glad to leave Pamplona this morning. It was a big city which gave me the impression that I would have had to spend much more time there to understand it's gestalt enough to feel welcome.
The walk out of the city and up into the hills was beautiful, like a living Windows 95 desktop.
Climbing to the top of Alto de Perdon the pilgrim is said to ask for forgiveness for himself and others with every step. At the summit is a beautiful metal sculpture of Perigrinos. While planning our camino, we saw this sculpture in so many youtube videos that it was slightly odd to actually be there. We sat and snacked and expressed our amazement at where we were. And, oh yeah, the view was breathtaking.
The long walk down into Obano was sometimes rocky/treacherous and sometimes pastoral. We eventually even walked through a very old olive grove.

After reaching Obanos at 3pm and checking in, the cold beer at the little tavern next to our pension was a welcome reward for a great day.

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