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A New Friend from Tahiti
Waiting for the train at Hendeya Station.It has been a long day of trains, Metro and a bus! Met a lovely young woman from Tahiti in the Hendeya train station - she is here studying Spanish. I gave her a Canadian pin and she gave me a string of shells from Tahiti : and so the goodwill of the Camino begins.
Once I boarded the bus for St. Jean Pied-de-Port, you could feel the excitement as my fellow "pilgrims" began chatting happily with one another in many languages. Everyone is so friendly and equally "lost". Once we got off the bus at St. Jean, we travelled like a group of lemmings - trying to locate the Pilgrim Office. Received our pilgrim "passport" from the very friendly staff in the office and then proceeded to look for a hostel for the night. Met two other women - Lilia from Quebec City and Jill from North Carolina. We shared a room containg a total of 7 women and one man ( poor guy?...).
Ate a "communal" dinner at the hostel which was made even more lively by the large group of Irishmen - in their 70s and 80s! Loads of fun was had by all! The beds
Pilgrim Office in St. Jean Pied-de-Port
Receiving our passports for the beginning of the Camino Frances were comfortable, but the nights of sleeping in a room full of snorers began ...
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