The hotel last night was interesting, big center atrium. Turned out it used to be a foundry and was rebuilt beautifully as a hotel. A little off the camino, but very workable. Hotel Antsotegi. Pictures here: http://www.antsotegi.com/. Breakfast didn’t start till 8:00am this morning, but that worked out ok as it was raining hard all through breakfast, and that shower had passed by the time it was time to walk out the door. A short day to day, but plenty to uphill and plenty of mud. Now staying in a fairly large monastery that has both communal Alberque rooms and private rooms. Sort of comical on arriving, found a monk, who had my reservation in his phone, told my luggage had arrived. We then retrieved that walked back to the front of the monastery, back through the cloister and ended up exactly back where we started. Still not sure what that was about. Although they don’t “open” till 3:30pm, he gave me my room, which was great. Was able to de mud and have a shower etc., but now about 3:30pm and dinner is not till 8:00pm. Way up a hill or I would walk back to the nearest town. Lovely train that followed along a river for the most part, before hitting the uphill, which was muddy and rocky. Tomorrow to Gernika, population 17,000!