Albergue: Trinidad Monastery
Distance: 12km
Time: 4 hours
We woke up early and headed out. We were on a mission today. Lee wanted to see the statue of Ernest Hemingway and have a beer at the bar he made famous when he would visit to enjoy the bullfights. This area was where he wrote his famous novel The Sun Also Rises.
We also want to see where the bull fighting arena where they have the Running of the Bulls.
Sounds like an easy task? The tricky part is finding someone that could speak English and Spanish and help with directions. While we were walking, there were two college students from Brooklyn walking the camino. They were going to school in Spain and their major was Spanish. Hmmm...
Pilgrims helping pilgrims.
On our way to the arena, we got to see a German film company making a movie about the Camino. Seemed funny they were using fake pilgrims when they had a city of real pilgrims on hand. I volunteered, but did not make the cut. We stayed for a while. Then back on task.
Bar Txoko, made famous by Hemingway. Still famous today.
While we were walking around we met up with other pilgrims from Oregon and shared tapas. Then we needed to find a grocery store to grab food for dinner later at our albergue. Sometimes you just want a home cooked meal. Then lights out. Buen camino!
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