Pre-launch jitters

As this app is fond of telling me, my next trip starts in 4 days! Referring to my anticipated date of actually setting foot on the Camino, Tuesday September 13. This cozy interlude in the darling apartment on the square in Sarlat, which has come to feel like home, will end tomorrow. Saturday is the big market day so I'm going to try to get out of town early to beat the traffic congestion, then will take the faster toll roads back to Bordeaux, return the rental car and stay one night in a hotel near the train station. Then Sunday, an early train to St Jean Pied de Port, the portal for the Camino Francés. There I will get my pilgrim credenciel, which I will get stamped all along the Way, and I will ship the suitcase ahead to Santiago. Thereafter, I will be living solely out of the backpack for 35+ days, however long it takes me to reach Santiago. No pictures today unless of the contents of the backpack strewn on the bed while I determine if there's anything I can eliminate, every ounce counts! Laundry, post office, visit to the cathedral and an early night. Bon courage!
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