The planes are done(Dublin, then Biarritiz, France, the bus ride is behind me and i can see the hills of the Pryenees ahead as i am engulfed by how "lush" everything is he in the la cote basque.
I'm on a one car train from Bayonne, (France, not New Jersey!!!) On my way to the point of embarkation, St. Jean Pied de Port, St. John at the foot fo the hills.
The bus was 1€, the train 8€, so all is pretty cheap.
Train has about 7 other apparent pilgrims, 2 older women, a couple from Korea/Japan?, and what looks like a brother and sister, and me.
Back to the view and the mountains, they don't look like 1500 feet, which is tomorrow's vertical climb to the town of Roncesvalles.
The weather is perfect for 7pm on an autumn night, coolong down from the 75 degree sunlit day.
Depart the train, walk into town and claim my "pilgrim's passport, which allows me to stay at the various hostels (they're called albergue's), and proceed to my resting place for the night. Jean Pierre is our host, and i'm in a room that is nice size, with 8 single bed's and it looks like the place is full based on the hiking stuff next to each bed.
J'ai faim!!!!! Oh, i forgot. I'm so glad i started this trip in France because at least i can commnicate as that's a language i know, as opposed to spanish, which despite my ITunes "coffee break spanish" podcast i still have yet to speak a word!!!! So, J'ai Faima et manitainant j'allez au restaurante. I have dinner with Yeoung, who is from Korea (not Japan), and the girl i thought he was with is someone he met on the plane/bus/train trip he took from Seoul!!!!! How cool is that????
Dinner was outstanding!!! The "pilgrim's plate" special, chicken with pomme frittes, but i think anything would have done me just fine.
Now, exhausted and seemingly on schedule --- oh, i forgot!!! I don't have a SCHEDULE!!!!! Time for sleep-- ear plugs in so you don't hear the noise of 7 other people, and hopefully they have their's in because i'm told i'm not the quitest sleeper.
Good night day 1.
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