Stage 5

Social day

September 12, 2026 · Puente la Reina to Estella · 14.1 miles

🥾 14.1 mi ⬆️ 595m gain 🌤 Mostly sunny

Great day. Maybe my favorite so far.

Sunrise start at 7:30 with Scott. We met at the bridge and started walking to finish a conversation we had started yesterday about my time at Notre Dame and my faith journey since

After a couple hours or so of meaningful conversation, we stopped for “second breakfast” at a shaded plaza.

Among the memories, three cute dogs, one wearing a t-shirt saying “please don’t feed me.”

I had my first Spanish tortilla as well as some yogurt and a coffee.

First Spanish tortilla.
First Spanish tortilla.

After a while, Scott indicated he was going to move along. I let him know I was gonna wait for some other friends.

Eventually, Matt, Lauren, and Emma arrived. They joined mw for a bit then we walked together the rest of the way.

To too tired to write much more, so I’ll summarize:

- so much laughing

- walk in albergue with windows

- grocery store run

- Jason shouting from his balcony

- spa-bol dinner together over Spanish wine

- heart full

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