Camino Photo of the Day: Entering Zubiri

Our doughty pilgrims arrive in the town of Zubiri! The last part of the road to Zubiri was one of the more difficult parts of our Camino. Three years ago, it was exhausting. This year, with the rain and the delays caused by the rain, it was downright dangerous. The descent is long and steep and strewn with rocks and boulders. With the rain, it was also muddy and slippery. Most of it is wooded, so as the afternoon wore into early evening, it grew fairly dark.

Not fun.

We walked much of this descent with Penny and with Billy, seen here in blue, a retired fellow we met the previous day. His goal is to walk 10,000 miles before he dies. More on him later.

Date: 31 March 2016
Place: Zubiri (Navarra, Spain)

Since we arrived so late, many of the albergues were full. Fortunately, we were able to procure bunks at a wonderful place: Albergue Zaldiko. It was here that we met a delightful pair of college-age sisters from Colorado. More on them later, too!

The bridge in the photo is called Puenta de la Rabia – “the rabies bridge” because of an old medieval legend that if you walk your cattle around the central pillar three times, they won’t suffer rabies.