We are finally under way!  After all the coffee or generous host was willing to part with into our cups, we left St. Jean … 480 miles to go.

We left Maisson Dona Maria, or hotel in St. Jean about 10:45 in the morning for the 5 mile walk to Orisson.

Within 2 blocks we encounter the first of hundreds of trail markers along the Camino.

Five short miles later, we are at Orisson (it felt like 20 short miles …)

Orisson is really beautiful, the background of the picture hardly does it justice.

Orisson is also a hostel, not a hotel. We learn what that means … There were only 6 to a room here, but that was plenty. All very nice people. All with different snoring characteristics, different temperature requirements, different bed times, etc.  I’ve learned that sleeping alone with Diane is the better way to go.  Mark that under lessons learned.