What a wonderful day. We were off at 7:15 am and were on beautiful grassy trails as soon as we left town. Those are the kinds of trails we walked on all day. Sometimes we were walking in the middle of fern fields, other times in oak and beech forests. We did walk through one grassy expanse, exactly of the type I thought the early parts of the Pyrenees would look like. The trail was well marked all the way and no confusion was had. The weather was perfect for walking, about 17 degrees Celsius with a light breeze. The day would have been perfect if it had not rained on our last hour. It took us a bit over 9 hours to get here, so that wasn't all too bad. It's a good thing we were walking on soft, giving surfaces, otherwise the feet would have been sore. Elizondo where we are is a bit like Bera de Bidasoa, but right now, it seems to be one huge construction site, so it takes away from its beauty. The hostal we had picked out and were never able to make reservations for because they never answered the telephone was also a construction site. I guess that's why they weren't answering. They only open the restaurant part right now. That's why there was someone there when we arrived, and she obliged us and rented us a room in spite of the mess. They are in the middle of repainting the stairwells and hallways, so we have to be careful not to touch anything.
Tomorrow will be our first tenting experience. The weather forecast is for sunshine and partial cloudiness (no rain!), thank goodness. That also means we have to drag tomorrow's evening meal as well as breakfast.
If anyone is interested in seeing our route on Google Earth, send us an email at our usual email address at shaw.ca and we will send you a copy of the file. It's actually kind of neat to see. You can see the profile of the mountains, valleys and all.
It will now be a few days before I post anything else
¡Hasta la vista!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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