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30 April – A short walk day from Lorca to Ayegui
Today we walked from Lorca to Ayegui. It was a short walk, about 11k, more of a rest day after a couple tiring days. These are the signs we follow. Often it is just a yellow arrow painted on the trail, or a building, other times it is just the sign of the shell. We…
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28 & 29 April – The day the lights went out and the next day
Monday 28 April started quite normal, clear, cool and fresh. We walked from Pamplona to Uterga over the Alto de El Perdón. Alto del Perdón, also known as “Hill of Forgiveness,” is a prominent peak and a significant landmark on the Camino Francés. Situated at an altitude of 770 meters, it offers panoramic views of…
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27 April – to Pamplona
The day started with a good breakfast at the albergue. When we started walking, it was raining softly. It had rained quite a bit overnight. The river through Zubirí had grown and was brown with dirt-wash from higher up. All the creeks and rivers we crossed were like that. The trail was easier than yesterday…
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26 April – to Zubirí
It was raining when we started walking this morning, and it rained most of the day, although right now, at about 5 pm, there’s a bit of sun. It was cooler than the first 3 days. The rain ponchos came in real handy. The first small town we walked through is Burguete-Auritz. It seems to…
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25 April – From France to Spain
This morning we took the Transport to take us to the place where we stopped walking yesterday, so we could then continue over the pass into Spain and down to Roncesvalles. It was a glorious morning, clear blue skies, pleasantly warm temperature. The hiking was good. We saw faraway clouds in the valleys, horses on…
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24 April – from St Jean to the Virgen D’Orisson
We are finally walking! The first stage of the Camino Francés goes from St Jean in France over the Pyrinees to Roncesvalles in Navarra, Spain. It is a steep 1210 metres uphill and 460 metres down. We decided to do this part in 2 stages. First day a bit less than 1/2 way to the…
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23 April – Bayonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Porte
We took a train to Saint-Jean and ate staying two nights at the same hostel. SJPdP is very beautiful. Below are some pictures of our first day here. Tomorrow we start hiking.
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From Kelowna to Bayonne
21 April – Flight to Paris 22 April – Paris to Bayonne by train
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Ready, Set …
GO! Here I am, at the Kelowna Airport, waiting for my flight first to Calgary and then on to Paris. It was hard to say goodbye to Ron, my husband. Very hard. We usually do everything together. But not this. I am, however, looking forward to seeing him again in about 1256 hours! Yeah!
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Preparations
First of all, there is the overall preparation. Which Camino do we want to do? The Camino Francés. This is the best known and most popular of the Caminos, but it also seems like the right one to do for us. It starts in France, crosses over the Pyrenees into Spain, and goes through various…