Day 0
St Jean Pied de Port
10 April 2019
We are in St Jean Pied de Port, France, the starting point of our Camino, and tomorrow our adventure begins, we will take our first steps of our pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Today has been lovely, the whole day was spent exploring this gorgeous Basque village in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Evening Mass in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, which ended with a pilgrim blessing, then a quick last walk along a section of the old town wall completed our day - our minds are full of what lays ahead of us.
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| Our accommodation in St Jean Pied de Port - Residence Pierre & Vancances, Le Parc D'Arradoy |
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| The rio Neve flows through the town |
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| Part of the citadel and it's surrounding wall |
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| A view of St Jean Pied de Port from the citadel |
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Our route out tomorrow: down this street, through an archway then up into the hills to Orisson
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| Our first pilgrim meal |
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| The beautiful church where Mass was followed by a pilgrim blessing |
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| Our evening walk along the old town wall |
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| A view from the wall |
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| Grandgirls - look where Pappy is |
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| We'll be following yellow arrows, scallop shells and signs like this all the way to Santiago |
Enjoying our wonderful travels with you. Lots of interesting ways to explore.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, amazing .
ReplyDeleteHarriet: "Don't put your head in there Pappy, you could get shot by an arrow!"
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