Day Three of Walking

We are in Pamplona, España!! Yesterday we hiked from Roncesvalles to Larrasoaña about 27km. The walk was quite a hike with absolutely beautiful views and charming towns. Our hostel in Larrasoaña was okay but the pilgrim meals are fantastic. The first night we were fed soup with fish and chips and all you can drink wine. Last night Jaz had pasta with beef stew & arroz con leche, Brian had pasta with fish & an apple. We have met some amazing people from all over the world. A great group of lads named Martin, Rob & Mags are from Ireland and make us laugh all the time. We also met a few people from France, Germany, Austria and a couple guys from the East Coast (U.S.). Yup believe it or not the Austrians asked us if we knew Arnold when they found out we were from Sacramento, CA. So funny... Jaz had to tell them that he isn´t as tall of a man as he looks on T.V. They were laughing and couldn´t wait to tell their family.



Today´s walk to Pamplona was nice and steady. We walked about 15km and had time to stop in a little town for Cafe con Leche and Brian had his 2nd Espresso. Yup Brian is drinking espresso´s over here and loving it. Now that we are in España the language barrier isn´t as difficult as it was before. Jaz is doing some great translating while Brian is really picking up on the language and ordering for us both in Español. (Sorry we are talking in 3rd person it just works better that way to explain) It did start to sprinkle a little today but not enough to pull out our ponchos. We arrived in Pamplona by 11am this morning and had to wait an hour until the hostel (arburgues) opened. We are staying about a block away from the Cathedral and just finished cleaning up. We can´t wait to hit the town and see what Pamplona has to offer.