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You can bypass Orisson and walk from SJPP to Rocanvalles, a longer but rewarding day. Or if the walk is too strenuous, take a taxi from SJPP to Orisson, have a coffee con leche in Orisson and walk to Rocanvalles. I liked starting in SJPP, so these are my options fir you.
This my opinion. Start in St. Jean and walk for 5 days. You will be walking with other people who are just starting, the excitement, the people, the newness of the pilgrim meals, the albergues, etc. We have done three Caminos (Francis, Portugal and Via Francigena in Italy), and I remember the...
The last book I created was with Blurb and the results were great. I was told about this product by a gentleman we met on our Portuguese Camino who lives in the UK. When I went on their site and registered just to see what was available and some pricing, I was given a discount on my first book...
We planned rest days in Estella, Burgos and Leon (took a taxi in and out of Leon. Actually, we stopped at an albergue/bar for a late morning coffee about 10-12 km out of Leon and asked the owner to call us a taxi and he ended up driving us to our pension in Leon (for a fair price)).And we had...
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