Camino Baztan

After a long trip through the night the bus set me down next to the river Adour and I walked to the first bridge, the Pont du Saint Esprit where I crossed to the old town center. It was night still, but a lot of lights and there was hardly anybody about. And of course no bar or café open. So I walked about until 6:30h when at last I came across a bar attached to the market hall where tables and chairs were being set up before it opened at 7 o’clock. Coffee at last and a bite to eat. More walking about in daylight now until at last I could take posession of our room at 9 o’clock. And lay down and fell asleep immediately! One hour completely gone!
What a beautiful town this is, sitting on the two rivers, the Nive which flows into the Adour here. Our whole walk tomorrow will be along the Nive’s towpath to Ustaritz.
Andrea arrived in the afternoon after I managed to have another hour’s sleep and we went out together…Read more