Madrid to St-Jean-Pied-de Port
After another long travel day, I’m ad St. Jean in France at the foot of the path to cross the Pyrenees tomorrow.
Bike on the bottom right luggage compartment of the Renfe fast train.
Sunrise from the train
The day was mostly a combination of train and bus, with a focused 2 hour bike assembly in the middle in Pamplona at a city park bench near to the train station. I got everything done on my list except mailing my bag to Santiago, but was able to leave it with a friend to mail ahead when I pass through the city in two days.
The bike assembly went well, and I made sure to take my time to put things together right. It took a little longer than I expected as I had to unpack everything and leave the packaging in a good state for sending it home, as well as pack all my luggage for the trip and set aside the bag to send home.
St. Jean is wonderful as always, and not incredibly overcrowded like I thought it might be. I was glad to reserve a bed, as many places seemed to be full for walk-ins by my 4:30pm arrival time.
Heading to get more rest tonight before a big day of climbing tomorrow.
