Zubiri to Pamplona

After a great breakfast at Pension Amets for only five euros, we hit the trail. I knew I would have to walk fast in order to catch the 930 bus to Pamplona at Larrasoaña. The office where I booked the lodging closed early today and so I had to be there before they closed.  The trail was fairly easy and it brought back memories of my very first Camino when Joe and I left in the dark from Zubiri and got lost! That taught me a great lesson about patience and just waiting until the sun came up to walk. 

One of my pilgrims asked me how many steps there were on the portion of today’s stage that goes up from the park past Irotz.  I had never counted them so I decided I would count the steps that go down to the trail from the highway. There were 90!  I think there were probably twice as many going up the trail from the park past Irotz!

The restaurant at Irotz was closed.  That’s too bad because I know many pilgrims depend on it. There was a restaurant open at Larrasoaña.

The Abbey was open. On their sign they invited people who wanted to camp there to speak with them, so if you are a camper this is one place where you might be able to pitch your tent. 

I made it to the bus stop about three minutes before the bus arrived. There is no marked stop. It is directly across from this building. 

I almost didn’t make it onto the bus because I couldn’t find my mask, but luckily there was a nice lady there who had an extra and offered it to me. 

The bus leaves from Larrasoaña at 9:30 and costs €1.70

Well I was making arrangements for everyone’s lodging in Pamplona, they were walking the rest of the way into town. To me this stage is easier than the last two, but I booked lodging about 2 km past Pamplona and so they were quite tired when they arrived. However, I hope they will thank me tomorrow when their stage going over Perdón is shorter. I asked them about restaurants that were open. The one where everyone stopped was either at Larrasoaña  or at Zuriain right where the Camino crosses the bridge and goes onto the N-135. Vivien said the name of it is Casa Vinicsa. Someone took a picture there and it looked like it was really crowded

Everyone was in by 3 PM. Marcia and I had a really nice dinner at cafeteria restaurant RUMBOS. I will post their menu in English. After a bit we were joined by Paula and Gil. 

I did a big old load of laundry and hoping it dries by morning. It’s 10 minutes till eight and I’m ready to hit the sack. 

More tomorrow, 

Annie

Ox Tail Stew. I thought it was delicious but Marcia didn’t like it because she thought it had too much fat. (I like fat)

Cheesecake. This really wasn’t what I would call cheesecake and I would not recommend it. It was more like a vanilla cream pie but not really that either. I just can’t describe it. 

Ha ha ha

I had pork chops and they were good 

though they were a little bit tough

Paula had the half chicken with salad

Marcia‘s Apple cake was yummy

Vivien and Nic