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September 7 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Orisson 7.5km / 4.7 miles

Off to the Camino!
Along the way. The path isn’t steep yet.
It’s good to turn around for the view behind us from time to time!
Harriet on the left. An 82 year old gentleman. Me. A short, but VERY steep hike up the mountain. Our alburgue and bed (Orisson) in the background.
On the deck at Orisson. Where we begin to meet our Camino families – pilgrims we will see off and on over the next six weeks across the Camino Frances.
Dinner with seventy of our closest friends.
Everyday, at the end of the day. Laundry. “Wear one, wash one.”
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September 5 – 6: Paris, France to St Jean-Pied-de-Port, France (SJPP)

September 5th, Thursday

Paris Airport – EasyJet Gate

Backpacks and hiking boots galore! All heading to the Camino.

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

Arrived around dinner time after flights from Paris to Biarritz and then a one-hour van ride to the B&B where I stayed the first  night. Waved to the pony living on a small, triangular patch of grass and flowers across the street and walked a half mile up the hill to old town.Evening walk to Old Town

The walk down the driveway of the B&B on my way to explore the village for the first time. The Pyrenees mountains await in the distance. I will walk over those mountains in a couple of days.

This Entity watched me the entire time I ate dinner!

Tens of thousands of Pilgrims walk through these cobbled streets each year on their way to Santiago de Compostella.

Walk through the gateway to reach the path of the Camino Frances along the Camino de Santiago

Overlooking the village of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port