Getaria-Akzizu-Zumaia-Elorriaga-Itziar- Deba         Walk Day 2

15 miles, 5,000 feet elevation – DEBA       

By now The National BigTimeWrestling Association, also known as the NBA, will have decided if not who will win their honorable, illustrious championship, at least how to get it to seven games, and fill the 1%ers pockets as full as possible. With all the honor and integrity of big time wrestling of old, rumor has it next season the NBA will experiment with a best out of 13 series and finish right around August 1st.

All kidding aside, Ry, what the hell is this Basque spelling all about? X’s, T’s, Z’s and all together making words impossible to pronounce, spell and absolutely no correlation with any language I’ve ever heard of: not Spanish, French, English…not even Tamil. It’s a trip! I took a picture of a brightly yellow painted sign that read: “HELLO, PILGRIM!”   I immediately thought of John James.

Today I climbed up and down and over two relatively small peninsulas. Less mileage more elevation. I passed through dairy farms, more vinyards, small farms and sheep pastures.  My little hotel is a broken down old spa on the Deba Bay. The room’s small but the mattress is firm and I’ll be in bed asleep before nine. I ‘m sitting In a piazza sipping a Pilsner Urquell in an outdoor cafe, fearing what it will feel like to try to stand up and to walk the 100 yards back to the hotel. (Here are a few pics from today. I realize that those of Donostia do NOT do the town justice)