Yesterday morning we bought the Renfe train tickets from Madrid to Pamplona - First Class no less! We figure that we will be SOOO tired from our overnight flight to Madrid that we should pamper ourselves. The train leaves from the Atocha station at 14:05 and arrives at 17:44.
Then we called with a nobelcom.com 1minute Spain card and made a reservation for Sunday night at the Hostal Arriazu in Pamplona
http://www.hostalarriazu.com/
because the Hostal Bearan (which has been recommended in various sources) was full.
Finally, while Fernando was at the University working on a proposal with a colleague, I took my loaded Gregory Shasta backpack (14 pounds) and walked for about 2 and 1/2 hours on the South Side rail trail along the Monongahela River, completing about 8.8 miles according to the gmaps pedometer site. Then Fernando picked me up and we went over to REI where the salesman convinced us that we didn't need new lighter packs since the Shastas that we have carries the load so much better. And it is true: they have a substantial padded hip belt that takes the load off of the small of the back.
That evening I was pooped, but as they say, it was a good pooped.
Maybe you guys will be so "good" pooped that you won't hear all the snoring and other bodily noises in the albergues...you'll sleep like babies!
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