Day 1 (August 29, Monday, from San Sebastián to Zarautz)

Trail distance: 21.63 km (13.44 mi) -- Total distance: 26.12 km (16.23 mi) -- Total steps: 34,583
Elevation gain: 635 m (2,083 ft)
Moving time: 5 hours 18 minutes -- Total trail time: 6 hours 37 minutes

Camino del Norte distance: 50.83 km (31.58 mi)


It's officially Day 1 of our Camino Walk, even though I have walked for the past 2 days. I am still adjusting to the new time zon, and couldn't quite sleep through the night. I wake up from time to time, and and see the lightning from my bed in the hotel room.

As we leave our hotel aroun 8:30am, the sky is covered with clouds, and looks threatening. As we walk towards the beach, it started to rain. Well, all of a sudden it was pouring. I pull out un umbrealla, whereas everyone else puts on the pancho for the first time. To our pleasant surprise, the rain stopped after only 5 minutes or so. We take our group photo, and walk up the hill, where we can see San Sebastián below.

It's also the first time that

I am still adjusting to the new time zone and couldn't sleep through the night. I wake up from time to time, and and see the lightning from my bed in the hotel room.

As we leave hotel aroun 8:30am, the sky is covered with clouds, and looks threatening. It's

It's officially Day 1 for our Camino Walk. It's also the first time that we ship our luggage (backpack, or small carrier) in the morning. Each luggage needs to be correctly labeled for the daily destination, and should be given to the hotel staff by 8am. The luggage rarely got picked up at 8am; however, for peach of mind, we made sure that our luggage is ready by 8am, which turns out to be

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