Estella to Los Arcos

Left the Alburque Juvinel Municipal at around 8:30 am. Everyone was gathered in the dining hall watching the first day of the Pamplona Running of the Bulls. Starts at 8:00 am for the next 5 days. It is like our Super Bowl in the excitement and television coverage it gets here. All day yesterday we saw people leaving their homes in the traditional white pants/shirt and red scarf and heading to Pamplona. It is crazy to see.

We traveled through vineyards, forrests and barely fields all day. It was nice and cool. Met a nice couple from Massachusetts and the husband was a history teacher. He and Ben hit it off. We walked with them for a while but lost them 1/2 way through the day as we had a faster pace. We hiked about 13 miles to Los Arcos which is a really cool small town with an old church in the middle of town. Ben took a nap while I explored the town. I visited the church and made Ben get up and see the last part of Mass being conducted. It was neat because they were conducting the Mass in French or Bausqe (not sure which). The church was built in 1734 and is still in it's original shape. We saw our friends from earlier in the day (from Massachusetts) and had a great dinner with them in the square next to the church. Tomorrow it is 18 miles to Logrono. I splurged and reserved a hostel (double room wih a shared bath). Tonight we are at Alburgue casa de la Abuela in a dormitory of 3 bunk beds with 4 young French girls...life could be worse.