Day 1: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Orisson:

The Camino begins… Dorothy and I walked out of SJPDP headed for Orisson. Whew! Although we only walked about 8k today, it was pretty much all steep uphill climbs. The good news, there was no rain! I’m so glad we decided to stop here in Orisson rather than the full 25k to Roncesvalles. The majority of the other pilgrims staying at Belari (our SJPDP albergue) are also staying here or just up the path at Borda so I don’t feel too wimpy. 😉 Tomorrow, will be a tough day. About 25k continuing over the Pyrenees to Burguete. Our albergue had a great communal dinner with folks from Spain, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Sardinia, Germany, two islands in the Caribbean, of course the US, and probably one or two countries I’m missing. Tomorrow we go on to Burguete. It will be a much harder day, about 25k and lots of up and down over the Pyrenees.Read more