We made it to Pamplona! No crazy stories about our walk this time, we walked a safe and calm walk. This is more of an update through pictures rather than stories. Short but sweet. Our walk was mostly through tiny villages built on ruins but a little portion of the trail was more scenic. It was all very beautiful and much more flat than the other day. The weather made the day a lot more enjoyable.

There was a nice little rest stop for all the “pilgrims.” So we stopped and got tea and an omelette.

We ended up staying in one of the places that was in the movie “The Way.” (If you haven’t seen it, you should watch it tonight! It’s an amazing movie about the Camino.) It’s where Martin Sheen meets the Canadian woman and where he looks out and sees the man pull the table cloth off the table and uses it as a bullfighter’s cape. It was the most magnificent little place right along the Camino. The owner was so sweet and they made us breakfast, dinner and gave us amazing wine. If I ever do this again, which I definitely plan to, I will stay there. It was called “Hotel Akerreta” in case anyone is planning to walk and is reading this.

Pamplona has been really amazing so far. The people are sweet and welcoming and there are a lot of others here walking the Camino. We already ran into two groups of friends that we’ve met along the way. It’s always nice seeing a familiar face when you are so far from home. We’re staying here in Pamplona for an extra night for my dad’s birthday which was yesterday. The running of the bulls is traditionally held here so we figured it was appropriate.

Our wifi is horrible but I almost wish that it didn’t work at all yesterday. I ended up getting really offended and upset at Facebook last night for prompting me to “buy him a Target gift card” and for also plastering his age to the entire Facebook universe. The only time I ever remember actually upsetting my dad was when I called him an “old man.” He’d always try and sneak a year away from his age when his birthday came around. I remember once saying, “didn’t you turn 58 last year?” I’m certain me catching on aggravated him and I am also certain he was aggravated yesterday and would have wanted one of us to somehow make it disappear.

I wish so badly I had him in my ear asking me to fix something on his Facebook, post some picture, help him write out an argument on someone’s page that would offend everyone who had previously commented. I just miss him in general.. and I’m hating stupid Facebook. So annoying.

It’s been really nice to change up the scenery from bushes and cliffs to cafés and restrooms. We’re enjoying walking this city portion so far even though we feel a little out of place with our huge back packs on.

We loved this mural!!

Where we had tea this morning. Apparently we drink a lot of tea..? I think it’s because I’m trying to not drink as much coffee on this trip. I need my heart in tip top shape in order to dodge lightning bolts on a regular basis.

I think it is hilarious that the rooftops here pass any kind of safety codes. All of their satellites seriously look like they are being held together by a thread and a bungee cord and whoever was putting it up was in a serious rush. My mom and I are finding that there are no real “rules” here. We’ve decided that we are fine with that and we’ll act accordingly until someone informs us that we’re misbehaving.