. . . set off early for the four hour climb to Somport and the border . . . options were: lunch at the top, maybe stay at the pilgrim gite; descend to the next Alberge at Canfranc . . .
. . . after a glorious, arduous ascent, through well marked forest paths, arrived at the summit cafeteria with an appetite for a good lunch before strolling down into Spain . . . closed . . . walking round to get out of the wind . . . an old French couple and their daughter having a picnic . . . do you have food? yes, bread and honey . . . here, we have too much . . . bread, cheese, apple, orange, chocolate . . . thank you . . . their other daughter walked the camino . . .
. . . and so, to Canfranc . . . two hours to Canfranc Station, a tourist place . . . skiing . . . not much going on . . . another 40 minutes to Canfranc . . . the Alberge closed and the only other place with rooms closed too . . . onwards to Jaca, tomorrow's walk, but I am not walking it today . . . a few minutes hitching, then a bus to Jaca . . . a tourist info centre . . . yes there is an Alberge, here is information on the stages to join up with the Camino Frances near Pamplona . . . five days . . . Alberges open all the way (they say) . . .
Jaca Alberge is good . . . wifi too after yesterday's outage . . . a lovely ancient town centre to wander in . . . start to tune in to another language . . .
Arres tomorrow . . . maybe . . .
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