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[QUOTE="Alongwalk, post: 117555, member: 20206"] [i]The following is what I wrote to friends from the time I arrived in SJPP to the end of my first day's walking to Roncesvalles. I had flown from Dublin earlier in the day ... had spotted one potential peregrino in the terminal in Dublin and when I exited Biarritz airport to catch the bus, I found him and 5 other Irish guys waiting. We instantly joined each other and started asking and answering all the standard questions ... 'What made you want to do the Camino?'; 'How far are you hoping to walk?', 'How did you prepare?' and one which brought up quite a few amusing answers, 'What have you got on your MP3 (iPod, etc) player?' Meeting with these guys seemed like a big 'welcome to the Camino' gift for me, as I'd had a few of the usual worries and doubts earlier in the day. The company was good and it helped me ease myself into my big adventure. We had a snack together at the train station in Bayonne and dinner together in SJPP.[/i] Location: St Jean Pied De Port ... jumping off point... where the keyboards are funny ... the beds look comfortable ... and EVERYONE seems to be here for the Camino. I'm about to head out for some food with my new best friends!! (But they'll never replace my old best friends!!) I've been in the company of six Irish men since I got off the plane!! So won't delay. Tomorrow is a big day. Location: Roncesvalles - end of Day One... first day was beautiful. It was not as tough as I expected and I feel great after it. Started out from a foggy St. Jean Pied de Port at around 8a.m. Bought bread and water for the day and set off on my first navigation exercise of the Camino. The hospitaleros in the Albergue had assured me that when the town was in fog, the weather would be very pleasant in the hills. They were right. The view a few kilometres from town was wonderful. [url][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/60339214@N00/4945410498/][img]http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4113/4945410498_d5388ffd4a.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/60339214@N00/4945410498/]DSCN1002[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/60339214@N00/]Griangraf[/url], on Flickr[/url] The weather and the scenery both gave me the assurance that I was in the right place at this time... mountain pastures with cows wearing big clanging bells around their necks, then open plains with wonderful views across the Pyrenees, intense blue skies, lovely breeze whenever it was needed. Birds of prey hovered overhead. A day-long hike of 16 km uphill, crossing the border into Spain, reached the Col de Lepoeder and 5 km downhill, to Roncesvalles - all quite gradual and not too tiring at all! Every so often I shook my head a little and smiled to myself at the realisation that, after all the months of preparation, I was here, walking through the French / Spanish countryside. I felt happiness, satisfaction and a hint of apprehension at what was ahead. However, if today's experience was any indication of what lay ahead, there was no reason to be fearful. Accommodation tonight is in the legendary big stone barn, sharing one open space with about 120 other pilgrims. I settled into what will be the daily routine of arrival, booking in, washing self and clothes, relaxing, eating, going to bed. Shared the table at dinner with one Italian and two Columbians and practised communicating in the absence of fluency in each other's languages. Attended the Pilgrim Mass and blessing, caught up with the rest of the Irish and suddenly curfew time was approaching fast. Brought in the washing and hit the sack. The first few snorers had already started up before my head hit the pillow, but sleep would soon come. [/QUOTE]
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