october 13, back to San Sebastian

Up early, had some tortilla and hot chocolate and explored Burgos by bike before taking my 10;30 bus back to San Sebastian. It was fun to ride up the hill to see the outside of the Castillo. More importantly was the wonderful view at daybreak. You could see the towers of the cathedral as the fog rolled out. Then I did a little bike path tourism and road all around town on the separated bikeways just to see where it would go. I tend to like a lot of the public art here in Spain. The bike path took me past a few pieces that I liked. Hopefully I can upload them here when all my photos are off my camera.
After the long busride home, Ashlyn happily greeted me as we chatted about our last few days while I unloaded everything from my bags outside her apt. door.
I was so happy to be back ¨home¨and not have to stay in another pilgrim alberge.
Time to do laundry, go for a walk, and figure out how to get the bike back to pamplona. How nice would it be to just snap the fingers. It would be easy to do tomorrow (i don´t want to ride another bus today) except for the bus worker strike. really? Well, at least if they are going to strike, I am happy that I know about it. That way it won´t mess with my plans.
Now my bike trip has formally come to an end, it is time to revisit the highlights.
Spain bike trip including some France and camino de santiago highlights:
1. biking into puente la reina on beautiful old roman bridge
2. camping in a park next to the monastery in puente de la reina
3. admiring the different architecture of the old roman churches in the towns at the beginning of the camino.
4. riding a small boat to get across the water before climbing jaiskibel
5. views of beautiful pastures at daybreak

Now I get to enjoy the rest of my time here in northern spain. I still have to squeeze in some time to get to Bilbao, see st. jean de Luz, and Bearitz.
Once again, thanks for reading. hugs to all!!!
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