It's amazing the variety of people you can meet on the Camino, and how friendly everyone is. So far, we have met people from Australia, Germany, Mexico, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands and Mexico. And from the U.S., we have met people from New York, California, Virginia, New Hampshire and Washington state. Everyone is very outgoing and helpful. If someone is resting along the side of the trail, people oftentimes ask if you are okay or if you need anything. And when people get into town, there are others there offerring suggestions on where to stay and where to eat. Last night at our hotel, we tried to call the place where we were staying the following night, but couldn't get our phone to work. So Linda went to talk to the receptionist, and she volunteered to call and confirm the reservation for us. And once she had, she called our room to let us know everything was taken care of. With all of the issues going on around the world, it's great to be in an environment where people are friendly, and really look out for and care about each other.
Today's hike was another long one (roughly 17 miles). Doing these kind of distances back to back is challenging. The muscles are all sore, and some of the blisters don't have time to quite heal before the next day's hiking began. When we finished our descent today, we arrived at a village called Zubiri. Thankfully, there was a small river running beside the Camino, so we took off our shoes and soaked our feet in the water for 15 minutes. Some other travelers actually swam in the river to cool off. It was a well needed break and gave us the energy to tackle the last 4 miles. The picture below is of a bridge from the Middle Ages at Zubiri that crosses over the river that we soaked our feet in.
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