It is the 26th of August! My cell phone data plan rolls over to the new month, and I have 24 days to go before I leave for Spain. Joan and I are arriving independently - she in the afternoon, I will be arriving around midnight, so today we found a hotel in Bilbao to meet at. Pensión San Mamés on Luis Briñas, www.sanmames.net.
The next day we are taking an early bus to Irun to begin our trek.