First Camino Pilgrim

We sat at Pearson playing with the iPads and watching for backpackers on our flight. We saw one gal with a red backpack carrying her trekking poles on the plane. (We checked our poles!). 

Small world, we soon met Carol a pilgrim from Elora, Ontario, formerly of the Beaches and Birchcliff area. She asked if we had attended the Camino meeting in March at Beach United Church. She really appreciated the packing demos, but suggested that she would have liked advice about best ways to get from Charles De Gaulle Airport to St Jean Pied de Port.  

Interesting, there must have been 10 loaded backpacks on our carousel.  Are all these people heading to the Camino Frances?

We took the airport shuttle from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 and then the express bus to Montparnasse train station. We had a lovely lunch at Au Vin des Rues  and then walked to our hostel "Arty", not far from the Tgv station.  It's 2:30pm Paris time and we finally have our shoes off. Hallelujah!