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    URGENT: How to get from Irún to Biarritz?

    Hope you enjoy(ed) your short stay in Bayonne; it is a nice "take a breather" spot --and mucho cheaper than Biarritz!! If you get a few hours in the morning before heading to Biarritz/Anglet/Bayonne Airport, you might wish to visit the "Basque Museum", located "downtown" on the banks of the...
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    URGENT: How to get from Irún to Biarritz?

    If you're arriving Biarritz/Bayonne on Sunday, and not leaving 'til Monday 11PM, you might want to consider staying overnight in Bayonne (near the train station) and seeing some of the sights. Easy walking town, lots of history, and a great spot to spend 24 hours before flying home. The...
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    Should I stay 2 nights in sjpdp ?

    Brooklyn; I'm with billmc on staying in Bayonne for one night after NY, Madrid and Bilbao; you'll be knackered. Everyone has their "tricks" about defeating jetlag following a journey such as yours and not two are the same, probably. Mine developed over 40 yrs of travelling across the Pond from...
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    train from paris

    You've already received excellent advice from the pros, Katharina, especially about NOT going to Paris just for hiking poles. My two cents: Your decision(s) will be guided by where you arrive in Europe, from where you're flying, and how jet lagged you'll be. My usual journey is Vancouver, to...
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    From Irun to Hendaye

    Having read all the thread posts, and having spent several weeks over a few recent years travelling as a research tourist between, and sleeping in Irun/Hendaye, I would recommend taking a taxi between Irun and Hendaye. Especially if you're arriving at Irun after long, international travel. Yes...
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    Best way to get to St. Jean

    Buy the ticket at Gare Bayonne, ramon; no reserved seats. If by chance the train is not running (line repairs, etc.), no worries, buses will be laid-on at the station to get you to SJPdePort in almost the same time as the train. Bayonne is worth a short visit and the hotel immediately opposite...
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    Not-so-able pilgrims - last 100km

    Bravo, sillydoll, to you and your compadres! I've become a Camino Forum addict over the past few months knowing I'd never likely be able to walk the "Frances " because of health issues. You've given me encouragement to look at other options so that at least I'll be able to visit and see some...
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    ATMs

    You'll get Euros out of the machines. I recommend you try to pick up some Euros (100+/-) before you leave home so that you're not dealing with unfamiliar machines immediately upon a jet-lagged arrival.
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    Some thoughts from first 10 days of my Camino

    I thank YOU, Bill, for letting me vicariously walk El Camino Frances through your eyes and posts. Because of health (and a few too many birthdays) reasons, I'm not ever likely to walk the Camino, but maybe that's why the good Lord invented taxis and buses. I would like to see some of the...
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    Some thoughts from first 10 days of my Camino

    Those who haven't read/followed Bill's blog are heartily encouraged to have a look; if nothing else for his extraordinary photography. After becoming a Camino Forum addict a few months ago his is the one I look at each and every morning. Bravo Bill for your writings, pics and fortitude in...
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    new idea: Irun to Saint Jean

    Yes, Don, the Basque people have an incredible history which I have come to know through my research hobby concerning the escape lines to which I referred in my post. I will track down the books you noted to further my education, thank you. At the risk of hi-jacking "Kiwi's" thread, through my...
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    new idea: Irun to Saint Jean

    Not well known events in history, circa WW2, are related to the Baztan Route that may be of interest to some walkers. During the period 1941-1944, several hundred Allied aviators who had been "downed" over occupied Europe successfully crossed the Pyrenees to reach relative safety in "neutral"...

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