Day 5 - Estella to Los Arcos

Day 5 – April 7 - Estella (Km 663) to Los Arcos (Km 642) = 21 km - Cumulative - 109

"IT THREATENED TO RAIN THE WHOLE DAY but held off until I reached Los Arcos The scenery is beautiful here. Rolling hills and farmland. The Camino would be a lot easier if the Spanish did not insist on putting all those damn hills in the way. But of course the hills are as much a part of the Camino as the villages and towns and farms and forest and factories.

I decided to stay in a hotel in Los Arcos rather than an alburgue. I wanted to do my laundry, catch up on the internet and maybe try a telephone call. Guess what. No internet, no laundry and no telephone. I call this episode Si Pero No (Yes but No). Yes there is a laundry service but no it is external and it will take two days to get your clothes back. No there is no internet in the hotel but you can go to the Casa Cultural and use a computer there. When is it open? It is open tonight from 5 to 8. Three times I went to the Casa Cultural and it was never open. No there is no telephone in the hotel but you can use the one around the corner or across the square. I am sure they are there but I could not find them."

For those of you smart enough to wonder "if he couldn't use the internet at the Casa Cultural, how did he send this message?" it was sent the day after with that day's update....