Travel to Sarria and CDG

Today, Beth is heading home via Paris and Nancy back north to Sarria to begin the Camino walk. The young man at the front desk of the hotel strongly recommended that Nancy take the metro to the train station and Beth take a taxi to the airport. We both had our anxieties about finding our way. For Nancy, the metro path was rather confusing with directions initially to the Line 3 platform and then upstairs to get to Line 10. Rush hour, so she had let three go by and finally got on with all the other sardines. They are renovating the Chamartin station, so not straightforward but eventually found her way to the departure board. Platforms are assigned 10 minutes ahead. 300km/hr to Ourense, but the train halted just outside a very pretty looking town. The schedule had only 14 minutes of connection time between trains, but they held it for our late arrival. Followed the masses and some backpacks with walking sticks to one of two waiting trains confirmed as Sarria. Beth texted that she was at her gate with over an hour to spare. Whew…we did it, Beth!Læs mere