Saint Jean Pied de Port

We are now in Saint Jean Pied de Port, the start of the Camino Frances. I absolutely LOVE this town! Our room is in a wonderful old building on the Rue de la Citadelle, which is in the old part of town and is the path of the Camino out of town. I feel like I’m back in the medieval times here. 🏰

We met Candi when we landed in Biarritz and shared a shuttle to town, along with 5 other Camino pilgrims - 1 from Germany, 1 from England, 1 from Scotland, and 2 from Canada.

We celebrated with a beer and lunch and got our Pilgrim passports stamped. We also grabbed another ham and cheese baguette to pack with us tomorrow. 😋😋

We’re excited to walk up and over the Pyrenees tomorrow! Last time it was foggy as we hiked over them. Hoping for clearer skies this time.🤞🏻🤞🏻

Funny notes:

1. They have a pizza vending machine here, or I guess it’s more like a pizza ATM. I included a picture of it (it’s red). The pizza (in a pizza box) literally came out the slot after the man ordered it. 😳

2. We think we encountered the restaurant waiter version of the “Soup Nazi” this evening. 😳 He asked us if we wanted a table for two then, before we sat down he turned to the table nearby and berated the people we had met on our shuttle because one of them only wanted an order of fries. They tried to say they were confused, but then he whisked away the food they had already been served. Stunned, we left with them and immediately thought of Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi. 😂 We were just passing time and not truly hungry, so I guess he did a service to my waistline. 😂

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