We are walking into Pamplona today ,about 28 km and it’s starting off wet, I’m praying for a break in this weather.
Pamplona is the capital of the NAVARRA PROVINCE and home to the festival of San Fermin, “ running of the bulls”something I did in the late 70s when I could still run.
Founded by Julius Caesar in 75BC, to rival Pompey as a military settlement. This town fell into ruins after it was sacked by the Moors and the Franklish, Charlemagne put the final touches to its end in 778. Today it is the center for agriculture in this region.
Beautiful town surrounded by the remains of it’s battlements and paved with cobbled streets, great place to visit.
It was a long wet walk today into Pamplona with a number of significant hills, every trail was wet, but as we got into Pamplona, the weather gods gave us break and the sun came out
Below are some of the street scenes of Pamplona and Kaz and I sitting at the first cross depicting St James on this journey, this is a lovely town and very vibrant.
The streets here are vibrant with life and color, and the people are friendly and encouraging when they realize you are walking the pilgrim Way
We stopped for lunch and in Spain , Tapas is the famous small food snack, but not in this region, here it’s called Pintxo, and is the best of the best, served on baguette,
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We made it to Zariquiequi by about 6 pm after we lost Kaz, I got the name of the town we were going to wrong, and when it was all said and done, we had done 33 km, jus over 20 miles and the others were really grumpy at me, they said don’t let that happen again, and I promised it wouldn’t.
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