Camino – Lush Beginnings (Day 2)
Date: Wed 8th May
Awoke after a perfect sleep in a wonderfully comfortable bed, excited and ready to take our first steps on our Camino. After a delicious breakfast shared with the house guests of baguettes with a myriad of homemade jams, fresh apple juice, coffee, hazelnuts, local yoghurt and oranges, we were ready to set off.
After one last visit to the delightful village to purchase some apples and lunch we began our journey. With gentle rain falling we headed up out of the village of St Jean with high spirits. The scenery was of breathtaking lush green steep rolling hills.
Just as we found our rhythm 9km into our journey our accommodation for the evening appeared and we hadn’t even cracked a sweat!
At 3:00pm we checked in and chose our bunks. As is typical on the Camino (apparently) all the lower bunks were already taken. (Something to do with being too tired to climb a ladder!) People were having naps after the big climb. We looked at each other bewildered as we could have kept going all the way to the top! (Well maybe at least another 5 or so kms.) After organising our beds for the evening we ventured down for a coffee and found the place enveloped in verythick fog! The decision to only go a short way, a good one.
Jenny and Stephen's Travel Adventure 
3 Responses to “Camino – Lush Beginnings (Day 2)”
Phew! ! ! Thank goodness you made it ! Well done ! Congratulations on your excellent fitness preparations !
Glad you have your boots on the road. Looks like a great start!
Wow the scenery is truly magnificent! Well done so far and am glad your training here in Melbourne was well worth it as you weren’t too exhausted – we are all thinking of you here at Peracon in Melbourne!!! Marianne 🙂