Day 4: Roncesvalles to Zuburi

Miles: 16.94/ Steps: 37,097

Todays Selfie

The lights were turned on at 6:00am and there was no choice but to get up then. I packed up and was on the road a bit after 7:00am. This Camino is 800lm/500 miles and this is where I was at this morning: 755km to walk or 790 if you were driving.

It was such a beautiful morning. There was a chill in the air, the birds were singing and it started out FLAT!!!

I ran into Savina in the first bakery I came across and we dined on chocolate croissants and cafe con leche. As we walked a bit further we ran into Cindy, our roommate from Orisson and we decided to walk together.

We are starting to see the same people while walking. We ran into Sharon from Georgia and we loved that we had the same shoes! They call it your Camino Family and I do agree that we are starting to look out for each other.

In many blog posts, people had talked about how rocky and steep the descent was for this section. We didn’t really hit the rocks until the last 4 hours and then it became very rocky with random rock formations that were a challenge to navigate.
Ironically, the Camino office gave us this breakdown for todays hike:

But when we arrived to the hostel today we were shown the true breakdown:

I was expecting a day of complete down hill and couldn’t understand all of the hills we encountered until I saw this. It wasn’t a horrible day at all but the last 3 miles seemed to last forever and we were DONE by the time we reached Zuburi. Our muscles are sore and our feet felt like blocks of cement. We collapsed for a bit when we arrived at the hostel. Although standing up and moving was initially painful things definitely get better when we walked into town. We put our feet in the river and that really helped!

This hostel (Suseia) is the best I have stayed at! The hostess was super friendly, it has the cutest living spaces and the food was to die for!

Our bunk beds are sturdy, they have cloth sheets and privacy curtains and it is really clean! I shared the room with 5 other people and yes Savina was my roommate again.

We had a communal meal and enjoyed the food and company so much. Honestly it was the best dinner experience I have had so far.

Foot update: my pinkie toe blister is huge. I am going to give it until tomorrow to see how it is before I pop it. I have 2 other small blisters on my right foot. I went to the pharmacist today and she had good advice on what to do. Any opinions on popping blisters or not?
Well, it’s 10:30 and time for bed. Hasta manana!!