"Quelle Misère" were Patrick's words when looking out the window this morning. It was pouring with rain! We had a light breakfast since that was all that wasavailable, and started the day with a steep climb out of San Sebastian.
Today was tough: 160kms of ups and downs, with at least three "cols" and 2100m of vertical ascent. Not much for boys from Switzerland, but it was pouring with rain - during the morning anyway. The temperature was 5C to start with, and then stayed at 10C for the rest of the day.
When we finally got to Mirando de Ebro, Marc had been unable to find a hotel, so we decided to calm down and warm up with a beer at a Chinese restaurant at the entrance to the town. The Chinky had wireless, so I used the laptop to find a hotel for tomorrow & booked by phone. Meanwhile, Anthony and Marc had gone off to the Tourist Office, and got there just before it closed. We obtained beds for the night in a pretty tacky pension, but since that was all that was available and we were all pretty exhausted, no one complained. For dinner we returned to the Chinese restaurant for an excellent meal, a few more beers and some excellent red wine. We got there at 21:15 but, of course, the Spaniards only started to appear for dinner after ten!Today's pictures are here.
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