Day 6: To Puente La Reina

This morning we headed out of Pamplona a little after 7:00 on our way to Puente La Reina. It’s a officially little under 24k but my Fitbit is showing 19.27 miles or 44,000 steps. My legs agree… That being said, it was a beautiful day and not too difficult a walk.
The first 5k were mostly city streets leaving Pamplona, then we went on pathways through waves of wheat fields and wildflowers up through the wind turbines. (I’m guessing they were very happy, (it was very windy)). Then up to Alto del Perdón where there is a large monument to the peregrinos (pilgrims). Then down a steep slope and through a few little villages on our way to Puente La Reina. The town is named after the bridge an 11th century queen (“The Queens Bridge”) built to assist pilgrims on their Camino to Santiago. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around pilgrims have been crossing this bridge for over 1000 years.Read more