Diary
Took a taxi from the hotel to Pamplona train station, and caught the train to Madrid. Took a taxi to the pre-booked hotel, the same one I had used three weeks earlier. Now three weeks ago I left Cape Town in 12 degrees wearing a jacket and beanie, and the plane was very cold so I wore them on the plane. I arrived to 35 degrees in Madrid. I did not plan to carry my jacket and hat across Spain in the heat wave, so I dumped them at the hotel. I did not know what my plans were except that I was flying out of Madrid. Yesterday I decided to spend my preflight night in Madrid, and booked the same hotel. I thought a jacket and beanie would be needed on the plane, and considered replacing those items here, if necessary. I enquired at reception if by chance they had found the clothes and still had them.
Hostal Lauria is to be commended. I have those clothes!
Madrid is hot and frenetic. The streets are full of people - it is difficult to believe. My room is over the
Via Grande, the door is open and at 23h00 the street is still busy.
A lift to get a wheel chair up the few steps into the bar. Spain caters for the disabled.
A train full of cars (In South Africa the cars would have been stolen off the train). I remembered this station from 2011 when I did my first Camino. We arrived here by train from Madrid, and caught the bus to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
Roman viaducts in the distance
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