One of the must see places on Argones Camino is the old and new San Jaun de la Pena monasteries. If you attempt to walk the 500 meter elevation gain you arrive to late to see the sights. So we took the workers bus at 9:25am and arrived at the upper newer (built in 1675 and abondoned in 1835) monastery at 10AM and began the tour which was an inturpretive center built over the actual ruins.
We then walked a km down hill to the older monastery (built C10 and destroyed by fire in 1675) and toured it. It is completely built into the hillside.
Having seen the sights we started downhill again some 3.4 km to Santa Cruz de la Seros with 1060
Convent where many royal and nobel widows took their vows. After touring the church we found a bar for cafe and a sweet. To our surprise in walked JL's sister MaryEllen. She was gracious enough to allow her picture to be taken. What a hoot.
It was now just past noon and we had miles to do. So we booked as fast as we could. We found our hilltop Albergue at 6PM. After checking in we headed for the bar for cervesa with dinner at 7 PM.
The Albergue was typical of others and seemed like home with 12 pilgrims staying the night. But alas no wifi so publishing this must wait a day.
All is well on the Camino
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