Pamplona to Obanos

Written on May 22, 2009 13.3 miles.

We left the Pension at 7 a.m. and walked and walked in cool to moderate weather. We´re not seeing the same pilgrims because we spent 2 days in Pamplona. Soon, though, we see some pilgrims again and again. There are beautiful villages along the way. Today we saw windmills on most of the hills although there was little wind. Soon we came upon the sculpture that is shown on this blog in an earlier posting. We walked up to 2,400 feet before descending. It was tempting to stay in an Albergue there. We kept going though. Soon we saw fields of wheat with red poppies and then past fields of just solid red poppies. As it got hotter we decided to stop walking around 3 30 p.m. Found a pilgrim hostel for 9 euros per person. Washed our clotes and ourselves. Soon after discovered a miracle... a computer in the library across the street. We looked for a closeby bar for a pilgrim meal. They don´t serve until 7p.m. Had a great meal with several people staying at the hostel. A beautiful old church is across the courtyard from where we are staying.

Another beautiful day of Spanish vistas and landscapes.