Yes, that was michael´s quote this morning as he was drinking a bowl of instant coffee. we are learning quite a few things here, and the main one is when you are offered something, you take it! Tonight we are staying in roncesvalles, which is a little monastery on the spanish side of the pyrennes. This morning, we began our day being woken up by one of our 5 roommates, and we still cannot figure out what language he is speaking. The day started with quite a climb. I think Katie Smith put it best...¨its like 6 miles of the powerline, then 4 of the 1906 trail¨, then a whole lot of downhill. So many excellent sites, so many wonderful people! One man from South Africa is walking the entire Camino in bare feet. He says we must liberate our feet, they are in prison! We agreed to disagree! The wild animals here consist of cows, sheep and horses (tiny ones), all with bells on their necks. The sounds are amazing, as are the smells. Tonight we had dinner consisting of some sort of soup...not sure what, trout (or treat, as our french friends called it) with fries and yogurt for dessert. We just got out of a spanish mass in which we all received the pilgrim´s blessing. Pretty sure the priests were staring Catie down cause she was wearing shorts! Tonight we are sleeping in a room with 120 other pilgrims. The snoring will break us before the hiking does! We are having a fabulous time and wish we could share it with all of you...maybe not the instant coffee part. Tomorrow we hike 17 miles, but it will be much less steep than today. We are aching, but it feels so good. Love you all, and ¨Bueno Camino!¨
Michael and Catie
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