Another 15 miles brings us to 93 miles overall. We spent the evening in Guernica being tourists. The first stop was the tourist office to get information about the city, then for the walkabout. A must-see is the replica of Picasso’s Guernica mural.

The next stop is the house of meetings and the old oak where the Lords of Vizcaya met for centuries.

There is a stained glass replica of this meeting Hall also at this location.

Unfortunately, the stained-glass image of the old oak is all that is available these days. When Hitler bombed the city of Guernica at the request of Franco in 1937, almost nothing was left of the city hall (actually about 80% of the city was lost) or the oak. It was this event that was captured by Picasso.

On a lighter note, let’s talk about Pilgrim food. I should have brought out my camera to capture last night’s meal but I didn’t. So, I will have to describe it. Imagine a first course with a full sized dinner plate. On it, fill the plate with a salad then put three large scoops of potato salad mixed with tuna. This is called Russian salad and is your first course. Now imagine a second plate which has half a chicken oven-baked, and the remainder of the plate full of french fries. This is your second course. For dessert, you will receive a large scoop of ice cream with whipped cream. This meal is accompanied by half a bottle of wine, should you choose. For Diane and I we chose sparkling water instead. A full basket of warm bread accompanies us. The cost? 12 Euro. Not too bad!

Today’s hike was another up-and-down hike through forests and then into valleys and then into more developed city. We are just a few miles away from the Bilbao airport, so it is no longer rural.

Tomorrow’s course will take us over the final Ridge to Bilbao where we will head north and east and end up about 10 miles out of Bilbao.

Laundry, shower, and food awaits. More tomorrow.