Trip preparation

Progress!!

A couple of days ago we finally figured that we have everything we need to walk in March.  So we did a trial packing.  My pack fully loaded weights 6.8 kg and the wife's 5.5 kg.  That includes only one change of clothes plus an extra t-shirt and an extra pair of socks.  That is also before we add the 2 litres of water of the hydration pack.  So the answer is, we have to try to loose 3 or 4 kg before we start walking (I can certainly afford that).  We have to keep training and with fully loaded packs.  I am pretty sure that walking in Ontario in the winter will be colder than walking in Navarra in March.  If anybody  want a complete packing list please let me know.

We also bought our flight tickets.  We are leaving on March 3 via Lufthansa.  I was surprised to see that the tickets were a lot cheaper than what we paid this year; perhaps is because we bought them so early.  We are flying overnight to Frankfurt and from there to Madrid (another surprise, there are no non-stop flights to Madrid).  We arrive in Madrid shortly before noon.  We figure we can take a bus from Terminal 4 to Pamplona leaving at 1 PM or if we miss that one there is another one at 3 PM.  Arrive in Pamplona 7 or 8 PM and next day we can take the only bus to Roncesvalles at 6 PM.  That gives us one day to recover from jet lag in Pamplona.  In Roncesvalles we arrive on time for the Pilgrim mass and we start to walk the next day.  Cannot wait!