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 Thursday, 28 December 2023 Sadly, it it's time to bring this 10 day road trip to a close.  I won't start work until January 2, 2024 but getting back a bit early will allow me to rest a bit and air out the dirty laundry I've accumulated.  The overall goal was simple: drive from Pamplona back to Dax.  Since there wasn't anything pressing on the agenda, I slept in and then checked the route for possible parks to visit on the way back.      Before departing Pamplona, I wanted to correct my mistake in Tudela the previous day and try some pintxos for breakfast.  To my surprise, there were people in the bar ordering beer with their pintxos at 10 AM; I guess you can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.   A cafe, a pintxo with txistorra and a pintxo of (I assume scallop) paste & cheese in a scallop shell During my morning search online, I found that the Navarran Parque Natural Señorio de Bertiz was really close to my route home.  So my first stop was a

 Miercoles, 27 December 2023 - Pamplona It was another cold misty morning in northern Spain.  I took my time getting packed up and stopped for a cafe and chocolatine (I guess it's pan con chocolate en Espanol?) before hitting the road.  Next stop and the entirety of today's itinerary: Pamplona, capital of Navarre.   I had a quick pang of buyer's remorse when after sitting down to my breakfast I spotted some of the pintxos that had been brought out but I figured if pintxos are showing up in a town like Tudela then they'll be out in force in Pomplona.   Oh man, those look good.   It was about an hour's drive from Tudela to Pomplona, quite misty for the first half but fairly clear in the second.  I'd set the hotel as my GPS destination; I was surprised to find that the room was ready for me upon arrival (~10:45), the best I'd hoped for was to use the parking for the day but I was more than happy to run my luggage up.  The hotel concierge also gave me a map of t