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Step 10: Apartments, Friends, and Deserts

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Day 55, Sunday the 18th of June, 22km walked We got up at 6am, Ben had been our alarm clock as he seemed to naturally rise at sun rise. A heavy mist lay heavy upon the land about the village. We packed up and started walking by 6:30am. After walking 2.6km or about 40 minutes, we arrived in the village of Atapuerca where there was a small convenience store that sold all sorts and had a small pod coffee machine. After everyone had ordered infront of me, I went up and after ordering a coffee con lechi, and went to pay, they only accepted cash. So I nipped outside to see if I could barrow cash off of my siblings, and all of my fellow group offered coins up, all good people! There are 8 members in our group! It had grown from 4 to 5, to 6, back to 5 and now 8 members! But an Italian pilgrim who had been behind me in the queue who didn't have cash either, said that he would add his things to mine so that we could pay by card. The small convenience store accepted card if it was €10 or mor
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Step 8: Where Old Roads End, New Ones Begin

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Day 41, Sunday 4th of June, 27km walked We were back on the Way come 6am. Yesterday, Irene had not been feeling so well, and today she was still somewhat under the weather. We walked till 7am where we then stopped in the Village of Audignon to have an early breakfast. Irene made porridge and we ate it with fruit, chocolate, and maple syrup mixed into it, before washing up and continued upon the road. We walked for another hour before arriving in the village of Horsarrieu. We had a toilet break before continuing on. We needed to get to the Intermarché Super in the village of Hagetmau before it closed for the day at 12:30pm. After walking another 50 minutes, we arrived in the village of Hagetmau and rested for close to 15 minutes at the Cathédrale there. Enoch wanted to check out the boulangerie but when we had a look, only to find that most things had already sold out for the day. Irene brought a small round pastry, called Gâteau Vebasken which she shared with us. It was very nice. As w
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Step 9: New Acquaintances

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Day 48, Sunday 11th of June, 28km walked + 3km   We got up at 6am and left the church of Iglesia de Santa Lucia / Santa Luzia eliza by 6:30am. We walked for 20 minutes before coming by where the track intersected a road, and a car was parked up. Two pilgrims were sitting by it eating breakfast. I called out Hola and got no reply and so continuing on. Enoch shot on ahead becouse he wanted a coffee. When we came across him next, he was sitting at a cafe that was 6km away from where we had slept. We stopped for a bit and drank coffee.  Drinking coffee at the Cafe in the village of Zuriain Pilgrims passed us and some stopped. One who did stop was an American called Steven. He must have over heard our wondering questions between ourselves on the price of the omelets which the Café cooked. For he came and joined our table and brought with him an omelet, which in Spain was served in bread. We talked to him a bit before continuing on the road. He had been a tour guide in the states
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