Day minus 1 and start of day 0

We walked into the old city of Iruña from the train station. An easy 30 minute walk. It gave us confidence that we could walk uphill with our packs on.
The train was 10 minutes late. I was hoping it would be 15 minutes late as they have a commitment to be within 15 minutes of posted arrival or else you get a 50% refund.
We had booked in advance into Hostel Casa Ibarrola which advertises as a Japanese pod-style hostel. You get a pod cubicle with a locker at your foot, a shelf, light and plugin by your head and a pull down curtain for privacy. €21 per night and it includes coffee tea, toast. On the pricey side for pilgrims but a good way to ease into crowded noisy dorms with no privacy.
Being in Pamplona we had to go out for tapas aka pinxos so we walked down Calles de la Estafeta which was cafe after cafe offering incredible looking pinxos which were so temptingly tasty looking we ate them before taking any pictures.
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