Through Navarra

We have been on the road for just over a week and are now in Torres del Rio, approaching the western end of Navarra. The highlights have been - the rolling hills of pines and birches that sometimes remind us of parts of the Allegheny mountains, the sights and sounds of birds that make us wish we were being accompanied by Rafael Negret to tell us what their special characteristics are, what their names are in Spanish, Latin and Basque, rolling hills of vineyards, olive groves and wheat fields, miles and miles of path without hardly another soul, thousand year old towns that somehow manage to provide some of the convenient of the twenty first century along with the spiritual of the tenth, meals where wine is served as naturally as water, fellow pilgrims eager to share their personal stories of searching. We have fared fairly well, though Taluz's knees are suffering. So we have decided to take it easier. Some of the random photos along the way are ...

Crossing the bridge into Zubiri

One step at a time ...

One backpack, one bellypack

Bar Alday, Cirauqui, buena caña

Bar Alday, Cirauqui, happy heart

Irache wine fountain, 10AM

Irache wine fountain, 10:05AM

Villamayor de Monjarín

On the road to Los Arcos

Plaza Central, Los Arcos

Torres del Rio, a welcome rest