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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Delphia,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Donald and Maria are correct about the routes from
St. Jean. I took the Napoleon's route, left St. Jean at 8:00 AM and
arrived in Roncesvalles at 3:30PM. There were no stops, as the weather was
so bad with rain and sleet that it wasn't possible to picnic or otherwise take a
leisurely break. Even so, I would think it would only take a day,
whichever route you choose.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as "over-walking", most of the routes I
consulted suggest, on average, 22-25 kilometers a
day. </FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>There were a few people who
were doing 40K a day, although I agree, that is a personal
matter. You will probably know within the first few days what your
pace is.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck to Donald and Maria at their
reading tomorrow.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Edie from California.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 16, 2001 6:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: train from Bilbao to
Pamplona</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Delphia,<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Valcarlos is only a couple of hours out from St. Jean on the
Roman route over the mountain, now the highway. Maria (my daughter,
sitting next to me as I write this) reminds me that we ate a late lunch
there (we'd left St. Jean around noon - the train got us there about 11:30).
If we were going that we again, we'd stay the night in St. Jean to get
an early start, and with an early start we'd go Napolean's route.
Woops, Maria says that's not 'we' speaking. She'd take the
highway route again. With our noon departure we didn't get into
Roncesvalles until 8 p.m. Maria adds that we ended up walking on the
highway coming out of St. Jean and taking the longer route down from the
summit because we weren't checking our map when we had questions. We
learned in the first couple of days that checking the map when we had a
question was important, particularly when questions arise and there's no
camino marker visible or where the camino separates into alternate
routes.<BR><BR>And a reminder to anyone in the Washington D.C. area - Maria
and I are in from the West Coast for a 4 p.m. father's day reading from our
book -<BR>My Father, My Daughter, Pilgrims on the Road to
Santiago,<BR>that's tomorrow at the College of Preachers on Woodley Road on
the grounds of the National Cathedral (Wisconsin and Woodley
Road).<BR><BR>love to all,<BR>donald
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