Today our destination is Punta la Reina and beyond. It turns out that the walk from Eunate takes us back to Obanos where we join the Camino and then onward to Punta la Reina. Punta la Reina gets its name from the bridge which was payed for by Isabella II (I think) to replace a worn out existing one. Architecturally, it is a beautiful bridge with 5 medeival arches spanning the Arre river. The hill to get here was the steepest yet and it is hot. Again, the villages are very old, extremely well kept and so may churches. The history here is everywhere. Now that I am dying and totally worn out, we are facing an even steeper climb than earlier. I want to die and Bernie wishes I would. I am in a bad mood ready to kill anyone who dares speak to me. Bernie is still in a good mood, still taking pictures every two minutes, I want to scream. We finally decided to stop when we got to Cira
uqui. We have been on the road now for 7 hours though we have only covered just over 17kms. This village is all hills. The albergue is really very nice, right in front of a beautiful old church. We were the first there and we treated ourselves to one of the two double rooms available. The view from ours was the best in the place and absolutely spectacular. Unfortunately, Bernie cannot upload pictures due to lack of time. You can all view our album when we download all the pictures. Dinner was served in this place in the ancient medeival cellar. We sat with 4 Norwegian men. We had a good time and the food was very good, plentiful and the wine also.
Today our destination is Punta la Reina and beyond. It turns out that the walk from Eunate takes us back to Obanos where we join the Camino and then onward to Punta la Reina. Punta la Reina gets its name from the bridge which was payed for by Isabella II (I think) to replace a worn out existing one. Architecturally, it is a beautiful bridge with 5 medeival arches spanning the Arre river. The hill to get here was the steepest yet and it is hot. Again, the villages are very old, extremely well kept and so may churches. The history here is everywhere. Now that I am dying and totally worn out, we are facing an even steeper climb than earlier. I want to die and Bernie wishes I would. I am in a bad mood ready to kill anyone who dares speak to me. Bernie is still in a good mood, still taking pictures every two minutes, I want to scream. We finally decided to stop when we got to Cira
uqui. We have been on the road now for 7 hours though we have only covered just over 17kms. This village is all hills. The albergue is really very nice, right in front of a beautiful old church. We were the first there and we treated ourselves to one of the two double rooms available. The view from ours was the best in the place and absolutely spectacular. Unfortunately, Bernie cannot upload pictures due to lack of time. You can all view our album when we download all the pictures. Dinner was served in this place in the ancient medeival cellar. We sat with 4 Norwegian men. We had a good time and the food was very good, plentiful and the wine also.
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