Day 1: SJPP to Orisson



My first direction indicator. Mostly the signs are yellow arrows.

Ready to start!
 

A short, but uphill hike today. It was spectacularly beautiful! I am still in France. I cross over to Spain tomorrow.
The actual first day is supposed to be all the way to Roncesvalles but I decided to split the first day up in two, mainly because I was didn’t know how my gut would be after all the flying. My gut is doing just fine.

Tonight I had the pilgrim’s dinner which consisted of a vegetable soup, the mixed vegetables with the local ham, and a lemon tart for desert. I had a banana for desert. After the meal, we all had to get up and introduce ourselves and say why we were walking. There were people from all over Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, the US, S Korea and Japan. 

These short videos show my days. If you want to see any of the photos again, you can wait until the end and then scroll down. The photos should show individually. This distance is a little off since I forgot to turn my watch on. The total today was 8km. 



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