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Liz and Tom on the Vasco
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[QUOTE="ebrandt, post: 1031203, member: 14406"] Day 2. Oh boy was today a slog but with some lovely high points. First things first. We are in Tolosa and are staying at Pension Karmentxu. It seems good. The owner is a lovely older woman. Our room is clean, comfy and basic. The bathrooms were OK. The nice thing was having the whole thing to your self. It is 50 euro for two of us, and they are on WhatsApp. We texted at noon today to make sure they had availability. Last night we had a lovely dinner — Basque Hamburgers, yummy and very different from US burgers. We are at Bar Restaurante Ibai-Lur, just across the street from Pension Txingurri. It was a family type place and we loved watching some kids with the group next to us. So back to the slog. It was 22C/72F when we left Astigarraga at 7 am. When we walked through Andoian the temp sign on the pharmacy said it was 31C/88F at noon. The walk was all on tile sidewalks or asphalt with very little cover, especially in the afternoon. It was a relatively easy walk through an industrial area of Spain. The highlights were the people. We got croissants at a bakery in Hernani, and the owner told us were the only coffee shop open on Sunday morning was located. The coffee shop was great, on the main square across from the town hall. And the bonus was they had good tea (not Hornimen’s). Tom doesnot drink coffee (I know…..this is so sad for him). So he has to limp through Spain drinking Te Negro, which , as my British grandmother would say, is just “water bewitched”! A cafe with really good British tea is a keeper! Anyway while there we met a German pilgrim who was walking the Norte. He had been unable to find lodging in San Sebastián and had taken the commuter rail to a pension in Hernani! Along the route, we talked to many locals who were unfailingly kind. Telling us where the next fountain was, how far to the next town, their own Camino story! It was just great. We encountered a road race in Andoain accompanied by a fiesta. A couple route notes: At thevey end of Urnieta across from the strip mine there is a bar that was open at 10:30 Sunday morning. In between Andoin and Zizurkil are a couple of bars near the factories. They were closed on Sunday but looked like they would be open on weekdays. There also is a fountain on this stretch. There is a fountain on the left after you cross the RR tracks just before Anoeta and one at the little park just as you turn into town. Finally, after Anoeta there was another bar in the factories. Here are som pics from the day. [/QUOTE]
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