Bera to Elizondo
22.0 miles per my
technology
We all slept great
last night, when we woke “the boys” (as we affectionately became to call
them), were still packing up and eating but they left before we did. I
got a cute picture before they set off. Today was real tiring for us. Another
very long day. It is real discouraging because the times in the book and the
times on the sign are way different than our times (meaning the actual hours hiked were way longer).
We had no
opportunity to buy groceries or food on this stage so we had to stick around
town until shops opened. A specialty shop of meats and cheeses opened and we
bought several nice things. Then on the way out of town we enjoyed coffee, orange juice and tomato tostada at a sweet area along the river. This gave
us a late start to a very long day.
Roaming
cows, sheep, goats and horses are much of the added beauty to the GR11 or to any Pyrenees walk. We just walk among
them many wearing bells and adding to the sound of the hills. Sometimes you
only hear the bells, sometimes you only see horns or ears sticking up in the
green... the treat is when they block you and stare at you. They are very
peaceful. Today we caught the image of three vultures on a rock, huge vultures.
I am fascinated by vultures so this was a huge treat!
A highlight of our
day was a restaurant!!!! An unexpected new restaurant! Right at lunch time. We
all sang in chorus, ”it would be rude not to (stop)...” which is what we say
when we want to splurge. The food seemed very French to me, which I love!!!! We
ordered gorgeous salads, fries and gazpacho soup! The staff was stellar, the
scenes amazing and other patrons wanted to chat with us and cheered us on.
The sun was strong
today and we were exhausted when approached town, a decent that seemed to last
forever. It was close to 11pm when we arrived. We went straight to the church
where there was no covered patio but a porch on the side, plenty of grass and
the necessary fountain. The boys weren’t here, they mentioned they might stay
at a sporting area that night... but we had no idea where that could be and
we were happy with our spot.
The girls cooked
pasta and we rolled out our mats and bags and fell asleep.
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