Day 5 - Pamplona to Puenta de Reina

At a glance:
Cultural highlight: having a picnic at Alto de Perdón
Lowlight: realizing I was having an allergic reaction to something I ate.
Food highlights: Torta Txantxigorri
Kilometres walked: 20 km
# of steps: 29,411
Elevation gain: 300m

We had 5k of solid uphill climbing and 4 k of steep decline, so we decided to have our backpacks delivered to our next location and just carry our light daypack with food and foot gear (spare socks, foot repair stuff, etc.).
We had a lovely picnic 'Where the path of the wind meets that if the stars'. A place so high that nothing hinders the wind. Hence, windmills are strewn along the ridge.
As we were scrambling downhill, I felt the slight twinge of a possible allergic reaction. Here we were halfway down a mountain with no road access and I realized my epi-pen and antihistamines were in my backpack and not with me. There was only one way out if this, keep going and pray it was not going to be a bad reaction. The praying worked...after all, this IS a Camino...and I thought it was probably the baguette and a little cross contamination as I had asked at the bakery if there was sesame and he was sure there wasn't.
We made it down to a village, then caught a taxi to the town where we were going to stay and stopped first at the pharmacy for antihistamine.
At the same time I realized I was also allergic to either pollen or the plastic covering the pillows.
So now I sleep using my clothes bag as a pillow.
But in the meantime I had a couple of drug induced slower days.Read more