Camino de Santiago Day Two

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Day 2: Roncesvalles to Zubiri
May 12, 2018

After an 18 mile day and 3800 elevation climb, we settled into our hostel, La Posada, and enjoyed the Peregrino meal with three Australians, a couple from Winnipeg, an art history student from Holland, and a New Yorker. The special Pilgrim’s Mass and Blessing at the church was packed—even the not-so-religious don’t turn down a blessing.


Fortunately we are not driving—walking it’s only 753.4km to Santiago.


We got an early start at 6:30. It rained earlier, but the rain held off for us till 10:30. We walked through farms and villages with horses, cows and sheep. 








This is our Chingu friend. He is studying computer science in Korea and taking two months to walk the Camino before reporting for military service.


We crossed over two passes and descended through the foothills of the Pyrenees. It rained for a few hours, which made the track a little more slippery and challenging.  


We hiked six hours, 21.9km (13.6mi), to Zubiri and checked into our albuergue with our 81-year-old Japanese friend.

We enjoyed a great four course meal at our hostel—a fresh salad, vegetable soup, a local chorizo, and a dish with rice, egg, saffron and parsley served in three inch round cakes with a tomato sauce. Mmmm. And water, red wine and bread. At our table were five French and three Americans. Our conversation was slow and fun, with laughter, travel stories and naming every song (Michelle ma belle... and Frère Jacques), movie (Les Misérables), and celebrity (Woody Allen, Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Cousteau) we could think of. 









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