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Villamayor de Monjardin

A rest day today, and rather than resting in one place I decided to do a shorter day's walk.  So I'm just 10km further on, at Villamayor de Monjardin.  The route brought me past the wine fountain at Irache, where a kindly winery provides 100l of wine daily to pilgrims (the tap on the right is water, the left wine - not, as my sister suggested, red and white!).
Then it was upward through some lovely scenery.  Villamayor lies on the side of a hill topped by a castle, and there's also a restored Moorish cistern on the way.  
And so to Villamayor - far too early for the Albergue to be open, which I guess is a predictable risk of a half days walk!   So I sat in the strangely quiet square for a while, watching the local bar come to life, and just taking some time - then wandered over to said bar for a beer and a sandwich, both of which were great.  And there I met Florian, from Düsseldorf, who is on his fifth Camino, and who over a lot of talk introduced me to Patxaran, a Basque sloe wine, which absorbed the time until the Albergue opened.   
The Albergue has a room at the top with direct access to the balcony.  See the picture at the top for the view!

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