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This is not Spain?! Hmmm... |
The last Camino walking day for me. A bit of a sorrow but also a little ease. Since almost 900 km, makes it impact on this old man. I have lost several kilos and got some problems with my old broken shoulder. But my feet have been functioning well. Only one or two blisters not too serious. I seem to have found the formula, with the right preventive tape.
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| Looking back at the road today |
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| An albergue connecting to the bridge |
Today's etapp was not too long. Was reminded about the internal fights in Spain where now Catalans and earlier - and now - Basques and more groups don't really feel like Spaniards. I have just heard too much of this I must say.
I passed a chapel/monasterio/albergue in Zabaldika. I and others were pulled in. I saw the famous statue "Nuestra Señora de las Nieves" and was met by a very friendly Sister of "Society of the Sacred Heart" that shared good text in all languages with us. I got a Swedish version that I thought I could use as an concluding message in this blog after translating it to English.
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| I'm from Romania ... |
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| ... and I'm from Hungary. |
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| The final Magdalena bridge into Pamplona old town |
Soon I and some others were in the suburbs of Pamplona. Walking on and on in those. A change after all nature. Finally about to reach the Magdalena bridge and the road up to the old city. Then two of the people I had met passed me the Romanian and the Hungarian. I walked a bit with the Hungarian and shared some thoughts.
Well up into the old city our ways split and they walked on while I started to look around to see where the bus station was and if there was a hotel nearby. Well I located both the bus station and a hotel nearby where I'm staying right now.
One funny thing though. The bus station is fairly small when you see it from above but very big under ground. I checked various things there, timetables, tickets etc.
But then in the waiting area I found the girl from the Netherlands that I had talked to in Larrasoaña. She had walked the Camino Fraces earlier but wanted less people around. She was taking the bus from Pamplona to San Sebastian at the northern coast then to walk the Camino del Costa from San Sebastian to Santiago. So I got a chance to to wish her Buen camino and suggested that she tried the good food in San Sebastian.
El ultimo día
como caminante. Pasé una iglesia/monasterio/albergue en Zabaldika. Recibí de una monja un
texto en mi lengua, sueco, entre todas las lenguas de su mesa. Es un buen texto
y he traducido este a inglés como unas palabras finales. Afueras del Pamplona, las murallas y despues las últimas
palabras de los nuevos amigos. Mi camino largo está terminando aquí.
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