Good Day Bad Dog: Gernika to Lezama

I milled around Gernika the previous afternoon and the few old buildings that remain are quite lovely. There is quite a bit of historic interest. The albergue seemed to be fine. The following morning I set out and as everyday, the walk started with a big walk uphill. As I came down I passed a really pretty house and out ran a dog and bit me right in my big, fat calf. (And no, Dad, I didn´t antagozine the dog.) I was pretty terrified and went running the rest of the way down the hill. A few minutes later, Jan, the man from Belgium arrived and after I had washed it, I put on some iodine. It barely scratched the skin. The pharmacist told me to go to the doctor but it was a Saturday afternoon and no place was open. I continued walking and went through a really pretty little town and then arrived in Lezama. It was the first day that was hot and there were a few stretches without shade. When I arrived in Lezama, I circled the alleged albergue twice because it didn´t appear to be an albergue..the reason being that there was a bride in the doorway and lots of wedding guests milling about. I finally found out that yes, it was the albergue but didn´t open until later. Evidently the upstairs of the brand new building is used for functions. I went to the bar with Roberto and Idioa (basque name) and ended up having a great time wth them. They bought me a pretty tasty lunch. At 3, we were able to check into the albergue being run my Deitmar, German citizen. He alerted us that there were reports of bedbugs at the albergue where we had stayed the night before. Later that night I found some bumps. I haven´t had any more so I hope that if it was, bed begs, that I didn´t transport any with me. Lezama wasn´t much of a town --apart from a church and a handful of houses, it is a modern suburb/housing development of sorts. For dinner, a bunch of us went to the same place where we had lunch. I ate with the French couple, Irene (from Belgium) and a few others. Although my dog bite now appears to be two scratches with a 4 inch circular bruise around it, it does not hurt. I´m not too worried what with having had the rabies shots and tetanus shot a couple of years ago with the bat scare. People walking behind me later reported that when they walked by the dog was tied up.