We crossed the Pyrenees!

Hola gentle readers!
Well, I made it! We crossed they Pyrenees from St. Pied de Port in France over the high Napoleon route and into Roncesvalles where Roland met his fate. St. Jean was delightful. We arrived about 7:oo pm after getting a bus from Bayonne. We flew London to Biarritz, all the time wondering if the trains would be running due to the ongoing French strike. It was wonderful to find out in Biarritz we could still get a bus to the Bayonne train station and there we would find out. Et voila they had put on a bus to take us from Bayonne to St. Jean.

It was darkish when we arrived, but we still walked a bit around the old town and the wonderful ancient gates. In the morning we went to the Pilgrim office for our credencial and the delightful woman there gave us all kinds of information about the route encouraging us to take the high pass because it was so beautiful. The weather was truly fine, my foot felt good, so I told John we should go for it. And it was a terrific hike with an elevation gain of 4,500 feet over 16 miles of sheep and horses and high mountains and beech trees and rock outcroppings.

We descend today and John is telling me we have to go. It will be long day.

Hopefully there will be an internet connection in our town tonight. It was impossible to find one even in London, hence no posts from there. Everyone has iPhones! Hasta luego!