We are finally in St. Jean Pied de Port after days (it seems) of travel. We spent all day Tuesday in transit arriving in Bayonne in the early afternoon on Wednesday. It is spring-time in Europe and Bayonne is particularly beautiful with everything in bloom and a lot of pollen in the air.... Good thing we brought our antihistamines!
Today we took a train to StJPdP, and met several hikers from Quebec, Czech Republic, Italy and Germany all very friendly and eager to start. Apparently a few started out today but had to return because of dense fog in the mountains. Hopefully we will be luckier tomorrow. We have contacted the Bourricot Express to have some odds and sods carried on to Roncesvalles in order to lighten our load tomorrow, and all is set for leaving first thing in the AM tomorrow.
Today we took a train to StJPdP, and met several hikers from Quebec, Czech Republic, Italy and Germany all very friendly and eager to start. Apparently a few started out today but had to return because of dense fog in the mountains. Hopefully we will be luckier tomorrow. We have contacted the Bourricot Express to have some odds and sods carried on to Roncesvalles in order to lighten our load tomorrow, and all is set for leaving first thing in the AM tomorrow.
St.JPdeP is a very picturesque city very similar to Quebec City. It is a walled city with a citadel (now used as a school) built in the 16th century. It is difficult to restrain the photographer because there are so many photogenic doors, arches and boutiques. Hopefully we will be able to email again in the next few days if we survive tomorrow's walk.
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