We knew we were in for a tough day. And it was tough. At the 4 km mark we came to the statue of the Virgin (it's not very big and we could have easily missed it)
At 9 km we crossed into Spain over a cattle gate. In this photo Sid is in Spain and I am taking the pic in France .
We slugged our way to the summit at 1450 meters of elevation, as if the climb wasn't enough the wind was blowing at what felt like 100mph. The vista was breath taking!
When we reached the summit we thought it would be easy peasy to Roncesvalles . It wasn't. A 400 meter decent in 4 km is really hard on your knees, hips, ankles,....but we made it.
For as though as it was we are very thankful it is not raining - I think that would be a whole different story of which I am happy not to know about.
And at Roncesvalles we booked into a real live hotel.
The hotel is beautiful - with our own shower and everything. Which we enjoyed after a nap! We wandered around and had our credentials stamped (very important) and found a bar with cold beer and wifi. Sometimes everything all works out!
Wifi is scarce. We are having camera>cable>iPad issues which we hope we can resolve in Pampalona in the next few days, as well as find SIM cards for both our phones.
For supper we enjoy a pilgrims meal of soup, trout, fries, dessert and red wine. With the pilgrim credentials the meal is available for 9 euros.
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