[Gocamino] Is there a consensus on easiest way to get from US to St. Jean?

[Walt Lersch]

Ralph,

Clearly, there is no consensus.

In 2008 I did the trip from Portland, OR.

Flew to Paris (landing in early AM).  Took the Air France bus to the train
station and the high speed train to Bayonne (I recall) and the 'local' to
SJPD.  Even made the short connection (ten minutes?) between trains.
Arrived in SJPD late afternoon, in time to get a bed in an alberque.

Flew out of Bilbao (to Paris and on to Portland) for the return trip (the
Guggenheim was awesome!).

I believe I made all of the transportation arrangements from the US via the
internet.  I read/speak little Spanish or French.

One cautionary note.  I had to change my return flight.  As it turns out the
return flight I originally scheduled had not started yet, so working through
that was a real problem, but I did get it worked out.

Buen Camino,

Walt Lersch


-----Original Message-----
From: gocamino-bounces at oakapple.net [mailto:gocamino-bounces at oakapple.net]
On Behalf Of Ralph Alcorn
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:51 PM
To: gocamino at oakapple.net
Subject: [Gocamino] Is there a consensus on easiest way to get from US to
St. Jean?

Someone asked me this recently. To me the easiest way would be to fly to
Paris, then train via Bayonne, staying over in Paris if necessary. But also,
one could fly to Madrid, bus or train to Pamplona and taxi to St. Jean,
staying over in Madrid or Pamplona if necessary. Comments, other
suggestions?

-- 
Ralph Alcorn
http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html
http://timecheck00.blogspot.com
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