Saint-Jean-Pied de Port, France Travel Blogs

Barcelona - San Sabastean - Bilbao - Day 5

A travel blog entry by lkjr77

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Day 5 Here we are again, up and at em, packing the bags grabbing the breakfast (which has been interesting. I'll paragraph that in a bit) and loading the bus. We already had one ready or not here we go when we loaded the plane in Dallas, Houston, and ...

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

A travel blog entry by lerouxsimard

Depart a 7h le matin - Start at 7 ...

Here we gooo!!

A travel blog entry by jciafone

... the title �all-you-can-eat�at my Hotel, I showered, packed and then headed off for my 11;27 pm train to St Jean Pied de Port. Arriving on the platform, I was unsure if the parked train was indeed mine, and was fortunate to meet my first fellow pilgrim, ...

It's Raining It's Pouring

A travel blog entry by deaconbrown

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... The Gate" for the Camino Frances. It only took 23 hours! By plane, by bus, by train, by taxi, we arrived in St. Jean, de Pied de Port and it is pouring rain. The final leg of our journey here was quite exhilerating as we traveled the last hour in a taxi ...

Saint John at the Foot of the Pass

A travel blog entry by jamie_pete

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... the hills were in the early stages and when they plateaued things became much easier than I had expected. Eventually I cycled into Saint Jean Pied de Port (the town at the foot of the pass), my final stop in France and, rather pleasingly, 35 kms past ...

It Begins

A travel blog entry by deaconbrown

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... and Korea. I am now watching the France vs. Mexico World Cup match with the Irish who are fans of any team playing against France. Quite fun! Tomorrow we walk 18K through the rest of the Pyrenees to Roncavalles. They say the Camino is a metaphor for life. ...

Trek de 3 jours....

A travel blog entry by jfquebec

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... mon ami antoine sommes partis a laventure des pyrennees. nous pris le GR10 jusquau col d'iraty a partir du petit village de st jean de pied de port., qui est vraiment magnifique sans tout les esti de tourisme... cest un peu ca que jaime pas ici cest quil ...

Enter the Pyrenees

A travel blog entry by traestanley

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... saw our first compostela waymarker and now, sitting in front of the screen of a computer a the pilgrims refuge in the last refuge in france. so, we're happy, and sad, and overjoyed, and a little tired, but not as tired as wer after our first day since ...

chi ben comincia..

A travel blog entry by cavallette

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... francesi possano fare qualcosa uguale al resto del mondo... per la serie potrebbe essere peggio - potrebbe piovere, sono arrivata a saint jean sotto il diluvio universale, per fortuna il mio (...mio...) poncho funziona piuttosto bene. Sul trenino ...

Some R&R

A travel blog entry by jamie_pete

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... of cycling pilgrims getting their bikes serviced by the shop's mechanic. I should have explained earlier that St Jean Pied de Port is arguably the most significant transit point for pilgrims heading to Santiago de Campostella in Galicia, Northern ...

Start of Camino de Santiago (France to Spain)

A travel blog entry by figiel

... you done the Camino?". And my reply "Have I done the What...?" Anyway, this is where the trip starts. Saint Jean Pied de Port in southern France. It's now about 800km to go before I reach Sanitago de Compostela in western Spain. Let the adventure ...

secondo tentativo

A travel blog entry by cavallette

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di nuovo qui, stavolta con meno persone in attesa e con molta pi� calma, ma sempre con sta dannata tastiera che mi fa tornare ai vecchi tempi pre-messenger in cui ancora scrivevo con due dita. le previsioni per domani sono buone, anzi pare che verso ...

First Day Continued

A travel blog entry by gkg

We walked on up the mountain leaving behind the couple, a man from Germany and four men from who had walked from Baveria that I'd later room with. The goal for the day was to cross the mountains and reach Roncesvalle, maybe 35K. I was feeling that I ...

El Camino de Santiago

A travel blog entry by prinzni

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... walked this route for almost a thousand years. The place reeks of history. The traditional starting point for many pilgrims, St. Jean - or Donibane Garazi in Basque - has conserved its medieval atmosphere. It is surveyed by a monastery on a hill which ...

Underveis til Santiago del Compostella - 1.etappe

A travel blog entry by underveis

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... fjellet. Foruten oss - 2 portugisere, 2 franskmenn, 2 tyskere hver for seg og 2 irer (skikkelige bohemer) 1.etappe fra St. Jean Pied de Port var 27 km og mye hardere en ventet. 25 km i motebakke som ble brattere ettetrhvert som vi narmet oss toppen ...

Setting Out: St Jean Pied de Port

A travel blog entry by paulhand33

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Not quite sure what to expect on arriving in St Jean from San Sebastian. Though late on a Wednesday evening, there�s a good 30 or so friendly perigrinos embarking on a similar trip. Not long in finding out that some have more ambitious timeframes than ...

Road rules and winding roads

A travel blog entry by buckgw

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... home Early start today... up well before sunrise. Since sunrise is 755am it isn't too hard! We then drove to St Jean Pied de Port, a famous town that is the entry point to the Pyrenees...lovely little town. It then became more interesting as we drove ...

Mark, set, get ready....

A travel blog entry by daveywavey

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ok... we are here and have been for a few hours. i have my bed in a dormitory like room with 10 other people- its mixed. Im sitting here in the cafe next to an american girl from, michigan, named chelsea. suffice to say a lot ...