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[QUOTE="BHfmSanDiego, post: 63969, member: 7752"] I also started my Camino in St Jean, it just felt like the right thing to do, each and everyone of us are on our own Camino. The first day up to Orisson I felt was the toughest of all, some people dread the walk up to O'cebriero but I felt that was relatively easy compared to the first day. There many unique things to see from St Jean to Roncevalles, one thing that I've never seen before and didn't see anywhere else along the Camino are some little Basque ponies, they are so tiny, the colts or actually a better description, babies are about the size of a golden retriever! The view back down into the valley from the patio across the street from the alburgue is amazing, there are vultures circling through the sky, a cute, funny little Basque girl named Pantxika (she pronounced it Panchica) that works at the alburgue (and she worked her tail off) told me the vultures eat the pilgrims that don't make it up the hill, LOL. I also had too much weight for the Camino, I initially planned on shipping it home from St Jean but the postal rates were prohibitive, and as you'll see at the alburgue in Roncevalles and other alburgues are things people are willing to leave behind, I wasn't so I carried 40 lbs to Pamplona, which impressed a couple of Korean men I met at the alburgue in Orisson and walked with from there to Roncevalles. The second day is far easier in my opinion and goes through some unique and beautiful country. The only complaint I remember hearing when I arrived in Roncevalles is pilgrims that walked all the way from St Jean were absolutly exhausted, stay in Orisson if you do decide to do this. Someone else mentioned a bond you make with pilgrims you meet the first day, I can attest to that, you might not see them for 2, 3 or 5 days but when you do it is a unique bond you have that is not there with people you meet later on, it's hard to decribe and I don't want it to sound snooty, but for example there were 2 Japanese girls I met in Orisson, we walked together some days and sometimes didn't see each other for days at time, but when we arrived in Santiago we felt we had made the journey together and still hold that thought now. [/QUOTE]
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