6th Stage Eskerika to Bilbao

And again a completely different morning, the 4 of us hikers are silent during breakfast, reminds me strongly of a silent movie and can't be compared to the vibrant life yesterday in our community, of which I haven't seen anyone today, maybe later again.

With Ralf, a teacher from Frankfurt, I finally start a conversation. He is taking a sabbatical and is also walking the Camino during that time. It turns out that he worked at a school in Lima from 2012 - 2015, where he met his Peruvian wife. They have been living near Frankfurt with their 2 children for some time now. I am walking almost the entire stage with him today and it turns out that we also checked in at the same hostel, called all iron.

On the way, I can watch a bicycle race as a spectator. I was fast enough that the support vehicle throws a water bottle to me. Let's see if this nice souvenir makes its way home.

Carsten wrote to me that he will arrive in Bilbao tomorrow and will be on a business trip nearby for a few days. We will try to arrange a dinner together..... that would be really cool.

Oh yeah, just before Bilbao I pass through a small town that strongly reminds me of Düsseldorf-Stockum, why? ..... well, here too you can check the tire profile of the landing airplanes every 20 minutes.