#Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

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Eyharaberry Mill in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Basque country region of France

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1907 to Paris

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Saint Jean Pied de Port. Francia. 1 de abril de 2023. Día previo al inicio del Camino.

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Walking West - Arriving

Walking West – Arriving

Day 0 – Arriving – San Antonio | Austin | Atlanta | Barcelona | Zaragoza | Pamplona | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port If it won’t fit in the 36-liter pack, you have too much… Looking away from the long line at the Pilgrim Office, and towards the awaiting Pyrenees. The river Nive An early ascent from the village, a head start for Day 1. The best shelters have a garden, La Coquille Napoléon had the…

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Saint Jean pied de port by Tim Damas.

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Camino de Santiago: 2.5.3. First two - three days / cities are the most difficult part

2.5.3.     First two – three days / cities are the most difficult part Kekhawatiran saya akan kemampuan kami menjalani ziarah ini sebenarnya cukup mudah membuktikannya. Tinggal melihat apakah kita kuat melalui 2 – 3 hari atau kota pertama. Menurut beberapa ��referensi yang saya baca, 2 – 3 hari pertama perjalanan ziarah ini adalah bagian yang paling berat, yakni dari SJPP – (Orisson) –…

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Le pont Notre Dame por Rosana Por Flickr: Saint Jean de Pied de Port

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Juillet 15. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Pays basque

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Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. 14-08-24

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St. Jean Pied-de-Port. DAY 1

We started our walk around 8am from Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port and promptly got lost for about half a mile but we did get back on track! Lovely walk today with beautiful weather and arrived in Valcarlos around 1:30!

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saint jean pied de port

© 2023  Yiannis Krikis

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Day 1 - 10 April - 8.4km 651m ascent

I believe we were following in the footsteps of Michael Sheen in the film ‘The Way’ when we set off in the wrong direction. Spent a puzzled 15 minutes trying to decipher the map given at the Pilgrims office. Eventually righted ourselves having been helped by two pilgrims Michael and Teresa. We spent the whole walk overtaking them then being overtaken.

The views are breathtaking. The path not as bad as I thought other than our 8kg backpacks. Food at the hostel is amazing - three courses,soup, grilled meat and a sort of stew of peas and veg followed by homemade desert. Definitely not going to lose these love handles….

After food - the hosts handed one of the pilgrims a microphone and it went round each person - name, where from and why the Camino. Some took 30 seconds and some took 15 mins. But it was an interesting experience - and often moving experience.

Carrie on the rocky road!

Arrival at Orisson Albergue…

Day zero….9 April

We are here!!! Arrived at Biarritz 20 minutes early - minibus (19 euros each 😄) arrived on time and we got to Saint Jean Pied de Port at 8pm. Our travel went incredibly smoothly so touch wood the rest will go ok. The room is beautiful - last luxury before tomorrow. Even sneaked in a glass of vino at a cafe across the road. We are literally like two overgrown excited schoolgirls!

My first proper selfie - Carrie and I in front of our first Pilgrim sign. Hope Emma realises I could be a professional selfie taker by the end of this trip! 😄

Prologue 8 April 2024

Tomorrow I embark on the greatest adventure so far. I came across the Camino years ago - a colleague leant me the film and I fell in love with the notion of it. I thought about a sabbatical but could never have afforded it. Now here I am - nervous as hell and about to actually do it. Originally I was planning to go on my own but then an opportunity came up to do it with my now Camino friend - Carrie, it was meant to be.

I cannot go through the planning, sorting, trialling, packing/unpacking, phone calls, meetings etc and that's without the arduous training walks. My mentors Jane and Tracy have been a blessing having accomplished it last year and I cannot thank them enough for their help and patience - I felt I had my own experts on hand! And now to repack my rucksack

one of my many many trialling stuff for the Camino.

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Saint Jean Pied de Port. France. Camino De Santiago. 1 de abril de 2023.

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The Muxía Way

Taking care of unfinished business...

Camino de Muxía, Etapa 1 – Santiago de Compostela to Negreira, 21 kilometers Unfinished Business In the fall of 2022, I walked the Camino Francés from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago and planned to continue on to Finisterre, then up the coastline to Muxía, and finally to back to Santiago. I had made some very good friends along the French Way and decided it was more important to spend time…

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Day Minus One

After spending 3 days in London catching up with friends and family, then 5 days in Bordeaux - a Mecca for red wine lovers like Patrick and I, we finally arrived in St Jean Pied de Port on Saturday 31st August 2024.

We were extremely tired when we arrived, the stress and shock of knowing that our train TGV Inou from Bordeaux had stopped just meters away from Bayonne station as it had hit a person on a bicycle. There was a lot of unknown from whether this person had survived, did the crack we heard under the carriage just before the train stopped have something to do with this accident, when will the Gendermarie (Police) arrive, the ambulance, the replacement driver…. We already knew that we had lost our connecting train from Bayonne as the train was already delayed arriving into Bordeaux and now this additional delay. Hence upon arrival, as tired as we were, we just dropped our bags in the room and walked around this old town of St Jean Pied de Port to free up our legs and our minds. Being an Ekadashi day we were fasting, consuming only water.

As we crossed the little iconic bridge walking towards the hotel it felt surreal that we were finally here!

The heat and the precipitation was unbearable so this walk had settled our minds and body, a cold shower was all we needed for that much deserved sleep, with windows wide open and the sounds of the stream bubbling near by

Backdrop - Since I read The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho for the first time about 2 decades ago, I had fallen in love with the book without realising that there was more to it than a story…. The pilgrimage stayed in my mind, until a few years later I realised that this was a real walk called the El Camino! Since then there has been a constant urge to walk this way. It was only after I met Patrick that I realised I had a companion to walk this journey that I felt like this dream could become a possibility! However we had other milestones to achieve, a business to operate and a livelihood to be made. So, the Camino was placed on a back burner. However once we started talking about selling the business, it popped back into our minds!

Just over two years of talking about it, planning it, changing the plans for various reasons but mainly health issues popping up with age….

So today when we arrived in Saint Jean Pied de Port it has become a reality!

Tomorrow we start with Day Zero just a day to soak in the spirit of St Jean pied de Port where begins the Camino Frances!

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Gate of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Basque Country region of France

French vintage postcard