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We had a teriffic meal at the hostel last night.  Sausage, salad, pasta with meat sauce, chicken legs, chicken breast, pork, and an apple torte for dessert. 

       This morning we started out in light rain that slowly faded out as the day went on.  We went about 14 miles from Zurian to where we stopped tonight in Zariquiegui.  Right outside Zurian there was a church on the hillside that dated back to the 13th century.  Inside there were wood carvings of Jesus, Mary and other figures from the catholic church.  You could climb the stone spiral staircase to the tower and ring the bell so we did.  Later we stopped at some kind of gypsy festival at a nursing home on the outskirts of Pamplona, there was free food so I made it lunch. Around noon we passed through the city of Pamplona which is where they have the running of the bulls every July.  We spent a few hours there shopping around for a rain jacket for dad until he found one.  There were street perfromers dressed up in medival clothes playing medival instruments downtown.  

Somthing caught my ear as we were headed past a park with live music on the outskirts of town and it was "Folsom Prison Blues" being performed in spanish.  Johnny Cash was the last thing I thought I would be hearing in a big city half way around the world.  I took a short video which i might try to upload...

Well its getting cold sitting out here on the terrice and dinner is soon ready so thats about all for today.

The church and the staircase, polished smoothfrom a thousand years of use





Gypsy party