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    • Day 3–5

      Traveling to the Camino

      April 30, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

      On Sunday April 28, I started my travel odyssey to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Saint Jean), the starting point for my Camino in Europe. We had planned a trip to Paso Robles prior to my decision to walk the Camino, so my starting point was Paso Robles instead of San Diego. I drove Leslie’s car from Paso Robles to Santa Barbara on Sunday morning to catch a bus to LAX. I left the car at the bus station for Leslie to pick up on Monday, but that is another story. From LAX, I took an overnight 9 hour Aer Lingus flight to Dublin. I arrived in Dublin at 2 pm on Monday afternoon. I spent the night in Dublin, had a pint or two at a local pub, and then took a morning flight from Dublin to Biarritz, France on Tuesday. Almost everyone on the flight had backpacks and were headed to the Camino, like me. I sat next to three Irish lads from Donegal, Ireland who were going to hike the Camino for 5 days. They started drinking immediately, so I knew we would get along great. I asked them how they were getting to Saint Jean, and they said they had no bloody idea. I told them I was taking the train from Bayonne, but we needed to take a bus or taxi to Bayonne to catch the train. We only had an hour to catch the train, so I suggested that we share a taxi, and they all agreed. We got to the train station in time to catch a pint before before we departed for Saint Jean. After an hour train ride, I finally arrived in Saint Jean, after almost 3 days of travel. To celebrate, I had dinner with my new Irish friends and my Camino partners, Joe and his step-grandson, Carson. To end the evening, we had some local Basque liquor, before heading to bed.Read more

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