Day 3 – St Jean-Pied de Port to Orrison
8k – 8k to date
Got up after getting maybe two hours sleep, a storm blew in and the building creaked and groaned, along with young people not very excited about sleeping, guess that shows I am getting a little older. I started the day a little excited and a little not feeling well. I thought a little walk would help improve the feeling, but it just got worse and after 5k, I was moving like a turtle and throwing up every kilometer. Needless to say, this was a setback mentally and physically.
When planning for the trip, Divine guidance led me to reserve a bed at Orrison, a hostel that has to be reserved 30 to 60 days in advance as it fills up nightly. I thought no way do I need that reservation, but I was wrong. Travel or something got to me, so I ended up staying here. It is a nice hostel and they serve dinner and breakfast. There are 16 beds in my room and yes I did get a top bunk, I have practiced getting in and out twice today.
I don’t know what tomorrow holds as I still don’t feel great, but I will push on.
At dinner tonight they had everyone introduce themselves. The crowd was probably half Americans and they are almost all retired, a nice group of people. The other countries in attendance were Kazakhstan, Britan, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Scotland, France, Japan and a couple more. All spoke English and an Australian lady said thanks for all learning English as that was all Australians know (same for us Americans).
There is no wifi, so it might be a couple of days before the posts get done.
Tomorrow is one step at a time.
2 Corinthians 4:17
Hi David. I’m following your blog and am so excited about your journey. I hate to hear you are not feeling well. I am praying this passes quickly. Love to you!