Hi all,  

Camille from the Camino sitting outside Albergue Casa Paderborn a German run Albergue that is turn in concert with the Spanish town of Pamplona. No running of the bulls only the walking of pilgrims and tourists and locals.  I just has a wet golden retriever pass by the bench where I am sitting with a stick in it's mouth.  Ah some things are the same all over the world.   We walked about another 10 miles today, but we started much earlier and therefore did most of our walk before the hot sun began it's ascent in the sky. I realize now why the Spanish take a siesta every afternoon they have a healthy respect for the sun. 

 

While walking today I looked up and saw what appeared to be a large group of people walking towards. A the time I was walking with a young woman from Poland.  Soon we were Passing a large group of Spanish soldiers in full fatigues with rifles, some smiling when I said hilarious, but most only nodding of that.  Very young and I must say very handsome :).    We later passed what we though might be a military training facility but not sure about that. 

 

Once again a mixture of Environments, a rushing river with a damn that made it thunderous,  a  busy highway sounding very much like 81 or the turnpike,  a beautiful tree lined forest along the river and then we hit the city of Pamplona.  A kittle jarring after the quiet beauty of the Pyryneea yet the beauty is jere in the history the friendly people and the tapas.  Yea qw walked into the old town for tapas ice-cream and food for our picnic on the trail tomorrow.  Tomorrow will be a day of up hills to the windmill area that is in the movie and the metal figures on the mountain.  There us a small church Refugio that we want to visit and hopefully stay, but they only have 8 spaces and or depends if we can get a spot.  We wi

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