thisissula
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2021
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Hi @thisissula , and welcome to the forumHello! Starting my Camino with a flight into Bordeaux arriving at 2:45 pm. I am considering spending the night there and starting in the next morning in order to reach Orisson and rest there for the night. Anyone have thoughts on this? I can also continue to STJPP and spend the night there. I'd like to stay the night in Orisson but can be convinced otherwise. Thank you!
It will be fine. Bordeaux sounds lovely. Perhaps head to Bayonne from Bordeaux, spend the night, then take the little train up to SJPdP for another night (I stayed at Gite Azkorria, nice owner, homemade bread and hearty breakfast), then take your time climbing to Orrison (book in early!) Ease your way into the Camino. Orisson is a great stopover and you'll meet kindred spirits there, which I bet will put a lot of fears to rest.Thank you for your thoughts! I am coming from Athens so I should be sort of on European time. You have convinced me that trying to walk to Orisson on the same day is not a good idea (and perhaps not possible). My options then are to stay the night in Bordeaux or SJPDP? Is Orission worth spending the night in? I read that waking up there is fantastic.
Also, I am so excitingly terrified. I have faith that this will work out somehow in the end- but between fear of the unknown, fear of covid, fear of shutdowns, I am so nervous. I begin on July 22.
You may be in better shape after your flight from Athens (via Paris?) than folks who have a long-haul flight, but I guess you will still be somewhat frazzled. Staying in Bordeaux is not a bad option, but perhaps you will have enough energy to get a little closer to SJPP that day - One possibility is to travel from Bordeaux to Bayonne that day. Staying there will allow you to take a morning train to SJPP. You would have time to visit the pilgrim's office, have lunch, and walk to Orisson.Thank you for your thoughts! I am coming from Athens so I should be sort of on European time. You have convinced me that trying to walk to Orisson on the same day is not a good idea (and perhaps not possible). My options then are to stay the night in Bordeaux or SJPDP? Is Orission worth spending the night in? I read that waking up there is fantastic.
Also, I am so excitingly terrified. I have faith that this will work out somehow in the end- but between fear of the unknown, fear of covid, fear of shutdowns, I am so nervous. I begin on July 22.
How do you plan to get from Bordeaux airport to SJPP? I looked at the current train schedules. With your arrival time you cannot get to SJPP by train. You will arrive at Bayonne at 18:47 at the earliest, and would then need to get a taxi to arrive around an hour later in SJPP, so say not before 8 pm.Starting my Camino with a flight into Bordeaux arriving at 2:45 pm. I am considering spending the night there and starting in the next morning in order to reach Orisson and rest there for the night. Anyone have thoughts on this? I can also continue to STJPP and spend the night there.
Always remember that if you cannot get booked into Orrisson,
It's called Auberge Borda.There is a new place to stay near Orisson. It was mentioned on this forum earlier this year.
I’m booked to stay on the 3 SeptemberIt's called Auberge Borda.
Auberge Borda | Albergue de Peregrinos en Auberge Borda | Gronze.com
Información del albergue de peregrinos Auberge Borda, en Auberge Borda: Precio, plazas, características, etc...www.gronze.com
Wow, What a story. Really shows how spaced we can be after transatlantic flight. No point in pushing ourselves. Usually derails somewhere… very cute. And a good ending.Oh… I did this. I landed on a KLM flight at about that time, took the bus across town to the train station, took some great photos, picked up a few things at the Hema shop, and had a snack in the cafe.
And I have to say that I was *so* jet-lagged that I stood on the track at the Bordeaux train station and *watched* all the people with backpacks getting on the train to go to SJPdP and thought to myself, “Oh look at all the hikers getting on the train” and I myself did NOT get on the train.
:O
The train departed and I went to ask the track attendants when the SJPdP train would be arriving…. They helped me exchange my ticket for the first train out the next morning *and* the ticket attendant directed me to the very tidy hotel across the street. It was an Ibis hotel IIRC.
I got the sleep I so desperately needed and started fresh in the morning.
Take the pressure of yourself. You won’t be able to move your bones up the mountain the following day from your flight *anyway*. Sleep in Bordeaux, have a nice day in St. Jean… sleep in St. Jean, and then *ultriea*.
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