My Introduction & A Question on Starting Point

[Robert Spenger]

Walking from Toulouse ain't so bad either - but it is worth following
the advice given in the CSJ guide to the Arles route. That is to take
the city bus out of town on past the airport before you start the walk.
I was somewhat hesitant about following the CSJ advice, since it didn't
seem to be in the proper pilgrim spirit to take a bus, even for just a
few km. But as I was walking out of Toulouse, three local Saint Jacques
committee members were driving by and spotted me as a pilgrim. They
stopped and insisted that I allow them to take me to the bus depot.
Well, with this sort of official encouragement, I just relaxed and went
with the flow.

One advantage of walking to Somport is that the very best part of the
whole walk is the couple of days before you reach Somport, i.e. from
Sarrance to Urdos to Somport. A disadvantage is that it cost more to be
a pilgrim in France than in Spain.

regards,

Robert
rspengeraadelphia.net

"E. O. Pederson" wrote:

> As to transportation, from Toulouse, take a train to Pau (3-4 hours),
> then a local train from Pau to Oloron Ste.Marie (about an hour).  From
> the front of Oloron Gare, SNCF runs a bus to Somport (and on to
> Canfranc Estacion), taking about an hour and costing last autumn 75
> FF.  For train schedules  http://www.sncf.fr (check on the union jack
> for the english language version).  In the autumn there were 4 busses
> a day from Oloron to Canfranc (and vv).  sEVERAL SMALL
>
>  E. O. PedersonSeattle, WA
>
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