Camino Part Two

On my way.........

The start of the second part of my Camino for me started with a train ride to the Nuremberg Airport. All in all it wasn't a bad trip. Since I now live in Germany, it was easier to get to Biarritz this year.
Simply a train to the Airport, a flight to London, and then a flight to Biarritz.  It is odd that even though i had a long layover in London, going through Madrid or Paris would not only have cost more, but would have been even longer layovers. Strange but true.


The flight from Stansted to Biarritz was uneventful. The sort of flights you always want. Everything went according to plan.  As we boarded the plane we saw a good amount of people with backpacks as well. I started to mull over in my mind how all these people have come together to walk the Camino.
No one really said anything to each other at that point, but when we landed and started to make our way thru the airport there was a look from one another that said " i know what you will be doing".

After getting through immigration we saw my name on a sign. Our ride was there waiting for us! We had booked with Express Bourricot  (www.expressbourricot.com) to take us and others to St. Jean Pied du Port. It was nice that the van was full because it made our cost less, which is always helpful. After a short wait for our fellow pilgrims we headed off to St Jean. 

Last year we took a bus to St Jean from Bayonne, which is about the same distance as from Biarritz.  The roads wind through the mountains. The experience was much better in the van than in the back of a big bus.  It was strange and yet comforting to see the sights once again.  The trip took around an hour. 

We were left off just outside the tourist office which is on the main street. It worked out well because our Hotel was not far at all. We double checked we had reservations for tomorrow morning to Roncevalles. Yes we did, in fact they had so many people going they needed to book another van. So we were scheduled for 8 am, with a full van, which like i said reduced our cost. I was liking this! 

Pizza with Egg on it? Trying new things.

After checking in to the room, we ventured out to get supplies from the local Aldi. We were hoping it was still open. Even though the sun was still out and shinning, we knew it must be getting late. 
We found some croissants, fruit, boxed orange juice and some wine. We were set.  We headed back and stopped at the restaurant we stopped in last year. We had remember it for having really good pizza. So we ordered a pizza and some wine.  However this year the pizza was not so good. Sad but true. So back to the hotel for some wine and final planning! 

Tomorrow we continue on our way........from Roncvellas to Zubiri.....22 km.