SUNDAY 27 april. Orrisson – Roncevalles – Bizcareta.
26 km, total 36 km. Quite hilly.
Breakfast was served 7:30. What I thought was a bowl of muesli where coffee cups so large that you could take a foot bath in them. We fetched our sandwiches as we had ordered the night before, filled our water bottles and took off by 8:10.
It was a beautiful morning. 
It was a fairly difficult hike with a climb about 1100 meters up over the top of the Pyrenees. The bulk of the road was paved and of a good standard. We took a break every hour, drank some water and ate some of our sandwiches. We took a bit longer pause at the statue of the Virgin Mary. It was a fantastic walk with tremendous views. When we approached the top it blew very strongly. The road is marked with yellow arrows and red / white markings.
Mette asked if I wanted to try to walk with sticks, I walked a few hundred meters with her equipment but it did not fit my way to go. Maybe I should try to get some information on Nordic walking later on.
A few kilometers after the statue, we went along with a barbwire fence, it was the border to Spain. Only when a plate showing Navarre, we knew we were in Spain.
Mette said she is not religious in the ordinary sense, but that she believes in reincarnation. A few months ago, she was introduced to her guardian angel in a dream and when she asked for his name, she was told that he was called Sigurd. Now she saw it as a positive sign that she had crossed the Pyrenees with Sigurd.
We arrived at about 14:00 to Roncevalles. Mette decided to stay there, she was tired, but I had several kilometers left in my legs
so I continued to Biscarreta through beautiful trails. I passed a couple of simple old stone bridges. The last few kilometers were difficult path with loose stones. In Biscarette I found a room for € 25 on "La Nueva Posada." The dinner cost 12 €. The dinner consisted of soup with some meat I could not recognise and a peach for dessert. I joined two sisters from Jena in Germany, Ulrika and Ursula, for dinner. They were retired and had started studying Spanish last fall. They managed very well with Spanish.
I realized I had too many T-shirts with me, and "forgot" three plus my pajamas in Biscarette. It eased a bit in the backpack.
STAGES
På svenska Bayonne – St. Jean Pied de Port – Orisson Orrisson – Roncevalles – Bizcareta Bizcareta – Pamplona – Cizur Menor Cizur Menor – Puente la Reina – Lorca Lorca – Estella – Los Arcos Los Arcos – Logroño – Navarette Navarette –Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Grañón Grañón – Villamayor del Rio – Villafranca Montes de Oca Villafranca Montes de Oca – Atapuerca – Burgos Burgos – Rabé de las Calzadas – Hornillos del Camino Hornillos del Camino – Castrojeriz – Itero de la Vega Itero de la Vega – Frómista – Villalcazar de Sirga Villacazar de Sirga – Carrión de los Condes – Lédigos Lédigos – Sahagún – Bercianos Berciano – Mansilla de las Mulas – Puente Villarente Puente Villarente – Leon – Virgin del Camino Virgin del Camino – Hospital de Orbigo – Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias – Astorga – Rabanal del Camino Rabanal del Camino – Molinaseca – Ponferrada Ponferrada – Villafranca – Trabadelo Trabadelo – O Cebreiro – Viduedo Viduedo – Samos – Sarria Sarria – Portomarin – Hospital de la Cruz Hospital de la Cruz – Palas de Rei – Melide Melide – Arzua – Sta. Irene Sta. Irene – Monte do Gozo Monte do Gozo – Santiago de Compostela The journey home