Pilgrim Office in St. Jean Pied-de-Port

Getting to St. Jean Pied-de-Port ...

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June 4th 2015
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 ... read more

Europe » Spain » Basque Country

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more