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Long term we want to do the Norte (since we live on that route in summers) and the Frances from SJPDP (since we had to begin in Pamplona the first time). Also, when we retire, my wife and I plan to do Paris to Santiago.Are you walking again waveprof?
What's the cost? Isn't it like 35 bucks for a bed, dinner and breakfast? Heck, for that much you could feed me bologna sandwiches and beer to go with the bed.
Speaking of kilometers and food, ha ha, I did the CCC last weekend. The red beans and rice and jambalaya at the end, though a bit dry were okay, but they really need to change beer sponsors. That Michelob Ultra...ugh. I remember a few years ago they had Abita as a sponsor. Much better.
It's 36 euros now.
I wasn't asking because it mattered oh so much. More because I'd been quoting what I'd been told then read something that contradicted it. I'm happy with simple fare and good fare, but if I ended a big climb with a basque meal promised and got handed bologna, then I'd be a bit more disapointed. You know, expectations impacting reaction and all that. Like if you go see a movie you think will be awful and its mediocre you like it, but if you went in expecting the best movie of the year you would have been disapointed.
Either way, basque or not, both of the meals quoted above sound prettyyummy. My students wont think I lied to them
This really came up because they get into St JEan 6 PM the night before. They had planned to spend 2 nights in st jean, resting up, and having a nice dinner (their words). One member of their group wanted to head out instead of doing that, and I suggested orrison as a compromise. they could still spend a leaisurely morning in SJPDP, not have a super intense walking day (they are young), still get a nice meal and experience, but yet have at least gotten a "start" on the camino
Yes. If I run 10K I want better than Michelob Ultra. Especially in New Orleans. Abita. LA31. NOLA. SOMEthing.Speaking of kilometers and food, ha ha, I did the CCC last weekend. The red beans and rice and jambalaya at the end, though a bit dry were okay, but they really need to change beer sponsors. That Michelob Ultra...ugh. I remember a few years ago they had Abita as a sponsor. Much better.
cheers
The food was fabulous. Very nourishing and well rounded. Started with a salad, a white bean soup call panchos (or some such), a meat dish (can’t remember) and desert. It was an evening worth every penny and many more. Made lifetime friends and so many I leapfrogged with across the camino. It’s a great way to start the camino, a short 5km straight up and beer on the patio. Don’t get there too early as you won’t be able to check in until mid afternoon - or go early and sit on the patio and make new friends. We left at 11 am from SJPDP and arrived around 1pm. Request the lunch “to go” for the next day as there is only the guy at the top with a food truck. Food truck has your last France “sello”. We had hot chocolate and hard boiled eggs for a snack (wet, cool and cloudy that day). The bocadillo from Orisson was much needed as we arrived Roncesvalles mid afternoon…and hungry again! Orisson is a gem.In spite of having recommended Orrison to several people, including a group of my current students who are doing the camino next month, I've never actually stayed there. The year we did the Frances there was a major late may snowstorm that trapped people in SJPDP for 3 days. Since we had a 13 month old in tow and the weather was so bad, we took the train back around to Pamplona/Iruna and began our camino there.
In the past I'd been told that the owner of the refugio was obsessively Basque and served a traditional basque meal. Lately I saw someone refer to it as more of a "traditional pilgrim's meal" (which I usually found to be very non-local, pasta pasta pasta, and maybe a bad version of spanish tortilla). Does anyone have more information on the meal so that I can be more accurate when talking about Orrison to first timers?
Yes, the soup was good. I dispatched what was left!I was at Orisson a few days ago. Lots and lots of wine. Vegetable soup (very good), pork loin and some type of bean stew, and basque cake for dessert. Very good meal. Food kept coming until we said no more. The price was expensive, but it was a great start to the walk. The introductions after dinner were hilarious. Made the night. Would definitely recommend a stop!!
That is not the point of the OP's question: he had heard the meal was excellent Basque food, and suggested a stop in Orisson based on that, and doesn't want to mislead those he is advising.If your expectations are more than a hot meal and a dry bed at the end of the day on an adventure, you will be disappointed at some point.
Just take each day as it comes and be great-full for what you have.
If your expectations are more than a hot meal and a dry bed at the end of the day on an adventure, you will be disappointed at some point.
Just take each day as it comes and be great-full for what you have.
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