St Jean Pied de Port!

Today was a long travel day - two hour car ride, two flights, then a 90 minute shuttle. Tiring, but it all came together and the drive into SJPdP under a very blue sky and among newly green trees and steep Pyrenees very much set the stage for tomorrow.
The pilgrim dinner at my albergue was delicious and the owner was warm and very good at helping a bunch of new pilgrims warm to the experience. That said, I’m so ready to disengage from humans for a few hours, and I’m so looking forward to getting under way tomorrow!
Joseph, the hospitalero, asked each of us to give a book title length statement of our intention for this Camino, understanding it may well change and evolve. I said “Listen deeply, love well.” I know! SO cheesy! But it does summarize well my hopes for this pilgrimage, so I may as well put it out there.
The photos are of the Pilgrim Office, where you pick up your credencial (pilgrim passport) and some basic information, and a shell. The other is of a controlled burn I saw as we drove into town. Fuels management in the Pyrenees!Read more