Posts tagged with #france
2 posts
Mikka
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Col de Lepoeder
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
6.76mm
f/1.78
1/8772s
ISO 64
2025:06:23 13:46:15
43.0262, -1.2955
This is the summit of today's walk over the Pyrenees. It's downhill from here to Roncesvalles, and then the day's (all too soon) over. On the other hand, I am really looking forward to a cold Coke Zero.
Mikka
7 years, 3 months ago
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Google Pixel 2 XL
4.46mm
f/1.8
1/2341s
ISO 50
2018:06:10 10:00:44
43.1618, -1.2363
SJPdP wasn't always "the start of the Camino." Only after Father Elías drew the Camino Francés in 1984 and painted its first yellow arrows, and after Brierley wrote his book, did the French town become somewhat of a starting point, replacing Roncesvalles in Spain.
Today, it mostly lives from Pilgrim traffic, a stark contrast to its history as a Navarre border town, switching frequently between Spain and France and serving as an important hideout and supply station for Basque separatists planning attacks in Spain.