Day 1–Irún to Oria-Lasarte. 33 km, about 1000m up. Steady (sometimes heavy) rain the entire time. But really the only time I asked myself why I was doing this was when I woke up and could hear the rain pounding on the tin roof outside. But once we got going, it was just fine. Lots of pretty hills, all green of course, beautiful homes and farms, interspersed with the very frustrating rocky paths going up, all of which had become veritable rivers! But it was very liberating to know that my shoes were not waterproof, and so I might as well just walk right through the water. It worked really well. And after an hour in the hotel room, they are almost dry!
Two bar stops for great cafes con
leche. People were very nice even though we left huge puddles on the floor.
Thanks so much to Michael for the chocolate bar and the two VERY helpful pamphlets on the next two stages. No rain in the forecast for the next few days so we are headed for the mountains!
Two bar stops for great cafes con
leche. People were very nice even though we left huge puddles on the floor.
Thanks so much to Michael for the chocolate bar and the two VERY helpful pamphlets on the next two stages. No rain in the forecast for the next few days so we are headed for the mountains!