We arrived in the afternoon after a briefly stressful train transfer. We made it with two minutes to spare. Nancy from You On The Camino met us at the train station and walked us to our hotel.
We went to the Camino Pilgrim office, got information and our first stamps then we explored the city.
We had dinner and met some nice Americans who were also hiking the trail then called it an early night.
Our hotel was right next to some restaurants so there was lots of talking, music and singing until late in evening. It finally quieted down around 11:30pm.
Maria and I were in separate rooms that were connected by a balcony that overlooked one of the major streets of the city. It was nice to be able to walk over easily and also have space to dry our clothing that we hand washed.
The next morning we had to be out of the hotel by 8 am and stay gone until 2 pm so we had early coffees and breakfast. We sent our extra baggage off to meet us at the end in Santiago and purchased other gear like a day pack and some small gift items like magnets.
The mist covered the city and we walked up to the church and explored the grounds. We didn’t have to meet the ground until later in the morning so we took our time exploring.
When we met up with the rest of the ladies from the group, we did a mini training class on how to use trekking poles then went on a walking tour of Saint Jean to make sure we were all comfortable with them. Afterwards we met back up for lunch and had a variety of crepes. I had a sweet one with chocolate, almonds and whipped cream.
The rest of the day was free time so we spent it grocery shopping, relaxing, packing and preparing to step off on our adventure the next day.
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