Obanos to Estella

Written on May 23, 2009 14.9 miles

Today we walked through a village with a pilgrim statue. Many villages with beautiful chapels. We walked along Roman walls and on Roman roads..huge rocks inlaid in the dirt. Also Roman viaducts were visible along our route for miles. In Villatuerte there was a park with a water font....many pilgrims laying in the grass waiting for siesta to be over. We will keep walking, we are not concerned about finding a hostel in this village. Vern and I and four women from Ireland have decided to continue to Estella. Once in Estella we found that hostels were filling quickly. The four women went straight and we turned at the sign for a youth hostel. I had read in a book that adults are welcomed at youth hostels. When we found the hostel the lady at the front desk said that she did not have a room for a couple. She made a few phone calls and found that just about every accomodation in Estella was full. She then proposed that Vern stay in the male dorm and I stay in the female dorm...great!!! It would have been another 6 miles to the next village and we were ready to eat and get to bed.

We kept meeting in the lobby....it felt like dating. We had a simple but healthy meal of fish, potato salad, bread and olives.

We have made a date to meet in the lobby at 6 a.m.

Goodnight.