We had a great sleep at the Monastario and have decided that after 8 days of walking, we deserve a day off. The doctor we met last night at dinner took some time off this morning and drove us around Estella. He is an expert in Romanesque archeology so he was able to explain in minute details every single fresco in the carvings of the churches. He only speaks Spanish so both of us were kept on our toes trying to understand as much as possible. It was extremely nice of him. We then just walked about (for a change of pace) Estella all day, treated ourselves to an ice cream cone and sat in a sidewalk cafe sipping a capucino and a coca cola and eating a tortilla de patata. (Nina, only the Nuns made one almost as good as yours). The Sisters had invited us to go have lunch at the Monastario at 2pm but we declined. It is an incredibly steep climb to the top of the hill to get there and we did not want to do it again later that day. Remember, they wanted us for breakfast at 9:30 am. We told the little Sor Esperanza that we wanted to leave at 7 the next day and she said she would leave the Chapel and come to unlock the numerous locks in order to let us out. She was there promptly at 7, with a great big bagged breakfast for us. We hated to leave, everyone there had been so nice to us. Our next stop will be Los Arcos, about 18 kms away. These roads are so bad, that with our backpack, we manage about 3 kms an hour including stop
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We had a great sleep at the Monastario and have decided that after 8 days of walking, we deserve a day off. The doctor we met last night at dinner took some time off this morning and drove us around Estella. He is an expert in Romanesque archeology so he was able to explain in minute details every single fresco in the carvings of the churches. He only speaks Spanish so both of us were kept on our toes trying to understand as much as possible. It was extremely nice of him. We then just walked about (for a change of pace) Estella all day, treated ourselves to an ice cream cone and sat in a sidewalk cafe sipping a capucino and a coca cola and eating a tortilla de patata. (Nina, only the Nuns made one almost as good as yours). The Sisters had invited us to go have lunch at the Monastario at 2pm but we declined. It is an incredibly steep climb to the top of the hill to get there and we did not want to do it again later that day. Remember, they wanted us for breakfast at 9:30 am. We told the little Sor Esperanza that we wanted to leave at 7 the next day and she said she would leave the Chapel and come to unlock the numerous locks in order to let us out. She was there promptly at 7, with a great big bagged breakfast for us. We hated to leave, everyone there had been so nice to us. Our next stop will be Los Arcos, about 18 kms away. These roads are so bad, that with our backpack, we manage about 3 kms an hour including stop
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