We woke up to a quick delicious Spanish coffee.
Roman road and bridges are over 2000 years old. Walking over them sometime is a challenge. They are bricks and rocks and uneven on our feet... some of them and others are really well kept. What is amazing is that they are so old and still here and being used. We love the effort made with Spanish roads too. Many of them have nice tiles and are extremely well kept. It is humbling to be using them.
We started the day on our own, but found many of our friends along the walk. Allie and Ryan from Oregon and Susan entertained us for the second half of the walk and we all ended up at the same albergue for the night. It was fabulous to relax and walk around together, and a group of us planned an amazing Italian dinner of salad, spaghetti and meatballs and bread. Jonathan found the cheapest rosado of the trip, 1.30€ for a bottle. Francesca from Italy was the lead chef and amazed us all.
The city of Estella is very nice. We sat in the plaza and each took a 30 minute power nap with the pigeons, kids playing and adults socializing.
Basque land is interesting as there are many English quotes around town asking for independence from Spain. There has been an improvement in the battle as the Spanish government has given autonomy to them through inclusion of both Spanish and basque languages in schools and signage around town. The language is very different, but most people we have met along the way speak both.
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