Hello, my name is Christine, from South Africa. I am intending to walk the route frances from St Jean in September-October, and can hardly wait. I have bought my airplane tickets (a major expense from here), and have received my two up-to-date guidebooks, the Confraternity one and the Brierly. At present I spend a lot of time that should be used for other things like work considering how few things I can possibly take, particularly for the bit before I actually fly to Biarritz to start, and how to get the lightest possible load. Best wishes to everyone already on the Camino, who will start on it in the next while, and who is planning to go!