After walking with the Toronto Camino Walking Group for the past year through the various Toronto ravines, Ada Caldwell and I are ready to embark on our real "CAMINO" in Spain. Monday, we booked our flight with Air Transat to Paris for Monday, May 11th, returning June 22, 2015 from Barcelona. The plan is to take the train (TGV) from Paris to Bayonne and then the local train into St. Jean Pied de Port, France. I know that the first day of walking is the most challenging as we will be climbing through the Pyrenees. We hope to deal with the jet lag by sleeping in Paris and then St. Jean before heading out. Hopefully allowing for 6 weeks away will allow us to handle any challenges, mishaps which might occur along the way. It might even give us a few days to tour Barcelona. (I think it may have changed since my first visit in 1966!)
My backpack is packed and weighs in at 20 lbs. That doesn't include my fanny pack, full pockets and of course room for water and snacks. Darlene (our "trainer" and mentor) guarantees we will toss things along the way to save on weight. I will start by reviewing the opening pre-trip pages of my Camino de Santiago guidebook and tearing them out. I am still testing this blog and learning how to post photos so please bear with me.
Great to hear that you have a bog - you know I walk the Camino vicariously!
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Buen Camino!
Am still working on removing things. Thank you for all of your advice!
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