All of a sudden I'm in the thick of the Pyranees -Atlantic region. I feel like I have a lot of options to consider before moving on to Spain.
The traditional route skirts around a city called Pau. I'm only about 15 km from the city now and am leaning toward taking a day or two there to consider my options.
One option that I'm just starting to consider is continuing on this route (soon to be officially the Camino Aragonnes ) to Puente la Reina, but instead of doing the traditional route to Santiago, walk back to Pamplona, take a train to Irun or San Sebastian and walking the northern route. I'd need to make damned sure I'm not the only one on that route though.
Part of me is tempted to cut over to St. Jean Pied de Port and do the Roncesvalles pass through the mountains instead of the Somport pass. Yesterday a guy in Maubourguet said that this route is empty now because the there's still too much snow on Somport. Not sure I buy that but it does make me think I've got some thinking to do in Pau.
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