I was happy to have the sandwich I made for breakfast, so I could avoid the delay in hunting down the store that didn’t open until 7:00.

Got an early start while it was still cool.

The highlight of the day was stopping at the wine fountain at the Monasterio de Irache. Wine on the left, water on the right.

Monks have been serving wine to pilgrims here since the 10th century. It is owned by a winery now, but every morning pilgrims still line up.

I only had a sip, but the wine wasn’t half bad. Some pilgrims filled their entire water bottles. The monastery is only half an hour in to an all-day hike, so I hope they don’t try to drink it along the way.

I went through exactly 2 liters of water on today’s hike. That’s 4.4 pounds to carry, but todays hike didn’t have any refilling stations after Irache.

The town of Los Arcos is tiny, about 1,000 inhabitants, and based on a Roman site.

Tomorrow’s hike and the next day’s are two of the longest hikes on the Camino, around 28 km each. Better get an early start.

The famous wine fountain at the Monastery of Irache