Life's a Stitch

Excuse the absence, wifi and even cell reception is sporadic.

It was a 6.5 hour day, pretty reasonable until the end, but all in all a good day on the Camino. Our weather has been exceptional, quite warm balanced with a cool breeze. We're usually on the path at 8:30a.m. While the shadows are still long.

What do you do to while away the hours of walking? I spend time singing to myself: Broadway, Mozart, hymns, songs from high school concert choir and Girl Scouts. Nonsense songs that have a good walking beat: What Does The Fox Say (thanks Mari for gifting me that ear worm), the Ants Go Marching, and Follow the Arrow from Sesame Street, most appropriate for the Camino since yellow arrows and scallop shells guide you along.

That was the largest one we've seen. Most of the time they're small and sometimes you have to search for them like a geocache. Thought we had walked as far as the Pyramids but the yellow arrow assured us we were still on the Camino.

Today we walked by the Irache wine fountain. The company keeps up the tradition of the Benedictine monks, supporting pilgrims with wine and water to fortify their strength, vitality and happiness. The winery gives away 100 litres per day. C says they didn't know I was coming or they would have had a Diet Coke spout as well.

C posing for another tunnel picture. Yes that was after the wine stop:

We've planned for an easy half day tomorrow as I want to take some time to explore some old churches along the way. Besides, the two days after that look tough.