It was another panoramic beautiful day! 18.5 km today. It was very windy all day. I had to cover my ears and put on my wind proof rain jacket. The area that I walked through was open grazing and I saw a lot of horses. The horses also have bells! It was a lovely soft sound. Being an alpine region, spring is just arriving. They had snow last week. Many of the alpine wildflowers are starting to come out. After about 2hours of hiking I came across a little van that had juices, fruit and hard boiled eggs for sale. What a treat! Of course I sat down and had a juice. There was a steady climb for a lot of today. It wasn’t too steep though, so manageable. However, with about 2 hours of hiking left, I started downhill. I was glad I had brought my knee compression sleeve. Made it down without knee pain. Yay! The refuge I’m staying in tonight is HUGE. There are 3 floors of beds and each floor must have 100 beds. They are very well organized to get all the pilgrims to their a...
