My Winter Camino Frances Day 7 Puenta La Reina to Estella

21.9 km pilgrimage section from Puenta La Reina to Estella. 3 keywords to sum up this section would be: Flowers, Shadows and Ruins.

With an early start to my day, it meant the sun got to cast my shadow with every step I took. I saw this walking partner walking right next to me throughout my morning and it looked a lot like me! :)
The flowers were blooming, which is something so unusual for me to experience in the month of November because of where I’m from. My home state of Michigan in November is gray and there’s no sign of flowers blooming anywhere at this point. We are just hunkering down for a cold and long winter. But in Spain this is not the case at all and the flora and fauna were in beautiful bloom.

When you arrive in Estella my first impression was just to be astounded by the cathedral there along with the ruins. I would definitely in hindsight give myself more time to explore this beautiful town on my next Camino Frances.

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