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Thank you all for your help. I'm now quiete clear on the location of the
gite. I particularly appreciate Joe's insights. We're probably going to
arrive in SJPP in the early afternoon and I wanted to get some walking
done that day. However, we're probably going to walk the Val Carlos route
because it is less strenuous and a little shorter. Hopefully next time
we'll be in better condition to walk the route Napoleon. Lydia
<p>Paul Newfield wrote:
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<font face="Arial"><font size=-1>'Hunnto'
is on the Route Napoleon...</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>It
is listed in Millan Bravo's "A Practical Guide for Pilgrims...", p.43,
but listed as 'Untto'. Phone # listed as: (05 59 37 11 17)</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>In
"El Camino de Santiago a pie" (El Pais/Aguilar, 1999), p.64-65, it is called
'Honto'.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>OBSERVATION:
The pilgrim will notice that places along the camino do NOT necessarily
have only one name; often they have two names, and other times more.
In Basquelandia the names are always different, and bear no similarity
to one another at all. Further along the camino, in the area of Galicia,
the sounds of the place names will be similar, but the spelling different.
Apparently travel writers are seldom attentive to these different names
for the same place, and it can be a source of confusion.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Paul
Newfield</font></font>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:santiagowalkingaHOTMAIL.COM" title="santiagowalkingaHOTMAIL.COM">Joe
English</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: gite between SJPP and
Roncesvalle</div>
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:22:27 -0700, Joe and Lydia Banales
<br><<a href="mailto:lydiaaBANALES.NET">lydiaaBANALES.NET</a>> wrote:
<p>>Could someone please clarify if the gite is on the Val Carlos route
or
<br>>the Napoleon route. Thanks. Lydia
<br>>
<br>>
<br>As you now know the Gite is at Hunnto.
<br>Regarding staying there, if that is your intention, here is my tuppence
<br>worth ......
<br>I do not feel that one has put sufficient distance from SJPP for this
to be
<br>an adequate 'midway' point for those who are concerned about the walk
to
<br>Roncesvalles. The distance is something like 6 km, and is by no means
the
<br>most 'vertical' part of that particular section. Also if you get to
the
<br>gite early in the day there is NOTHING to do there. It is literally
a farm
<br>building on its own.
<br>When we left SJPP (at 10:45 AM on day one) full of trepidation, the
lady in
<br>the office in SJPP strongly suggested that we stay in Hunnto that night,
<br>and then move on in the morning. Our original plan was to walk to
<br>Roncesvalles, but she talked us out of it. Anyway when we got to the
Gite
<br>it began raining, and poured for about an hour. The lady in the gite
<br>allowed us to shelter outside, and closed her doors and curtains. We
felt
<br>very unwelcome. We had intended staying there, but her unfriendliness
<br>helped us decide to walk on to Roncesvalles. When the rain cleared
we
<br>continued and got to Roncesvalles at about eight PM (I think).
<br>Now to the main point of my note (sorry about the negativity above)....If
<br>one were planning to use the stop at Hunnto, a good plan would be to
arive
<br>at SJPP in the afternoon, spend some time looking around the town and
then
<br>walk to Hunnto in time for dinner. I often regret that I did not spend
any
<br>time in SJPP, as it is a beautiful town in it's own right. Like most
<br>Perigrinos I got in on the train and got on the Camino as fast as
<br>possible. Next time ....
<br>Best regards
<br>Joe</blockquote>
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