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I arrived in Pamplona on Iberia right on time. The time I added at the Madrid airport to my Vodafone card did not work, so I took the bus to Pamplona on arrival instead of walking to Cizur Menor. SIM cards really do expire after nine months, and they would not give me my old number.
At 1600 I was bed 24 of 116 at the albergue in Pamplona. Jose went to great pains to tell me that I would not have been able to stay this summer; if you do not walk in, no bed. But with the place nearly empty, they took my money and threw principle out the window. Actually, the principle is that walkers should not be denied a bed by someone just starting the pilgrimage, so it is intact. It is a good principle, and it also is good that they waive the rigid rule when no one would be denied a bed. I first headed for Paderborn, but decided I did not want to walk down and up the hill for food and shopping, and the Jesus y Maria albergue is just around the corner from the Vodafone store.
Nothing has changed much in Pamplona. It looks like the crowds are gone, but I am sure they will return in the spring. The computer is slow and is 1 Euro for 20 minutes, so more later.
At 1600 I was bed 24 of 116 at the albergue in Pamplona. Jose went to great pains to tell me that I would not have been able to stay this summer; if you do not walk in, no bed. But with the place nearly empty, they took my money and threw principle out the window. Actually, the principle is that walkers should not be denied a bed by someone just starting the pilgrimage, so it is intact. It is a good principle, and it also is good that they waive the rigid rule when no one would be denied a bed. I first headed for Paderborn, but decided I did not want to walk down and up the hill for food and shopping, and the Jesus y Maria albergue is just around the corner from the Vodafone store.
Nothing has changed much in Pamplona. It looks like the crowds are gone, but I am sure they will return in the spring. The computer is slow and is 1 Euro for 20 minutes, so more later.