Day one and day two

We arrived in St Jean Pied a Port and started our pilgrimage at 12 noon.  It was a little later than we would have liked as the sun was HOT.....and it was all uphill......8 km and the sun was relentless.  The scenery was more beautiful than we could have imagined.  Cows and sheep, rolling pastures, narrow roads and few cars going by.....but when they did....at breakneck speeds.  We didn´t see many pilgrims this first day, the few we did were French, well we were still in France!  We stopped at the side of the road and ate our baquettes with cheese and ham, washed down with WATER......then continued on....it was SO steep it is difficult to describe, one foot in front of the other.  When we thought we were almost there we met some pilgrims coming back down the road....they said 2 more km......sacras de bleu!!!!  Long story short it was actually only about 200 yds!!  we thought it was a mirage.  Joanie and I were shown to our tent, Jan and Sandy to their bunk beds in a six person room!  2 washrooms for about 50 pilgrims.  Mostly older pilgrims.  Dinner was served at 6 pm.....wine ....as much as you could consume almost.....soup and beans bread and pork.....filling but not too special.  After dinner Panchetta, our lovely serving girl, asked all to stand, introuduce themself and say where they are from and why they are doing the Camino.......Germany, Holland, France, Brazil, Canada, Quebec )yes they said Quebec!, and Ireland, and many other places......it was fun.
It was of to bed and I spent a sleepless night!  jet lag I guess.  Next day we were up at 6 45 for breakfast, which was bread and jam and coffee!  how can you hike on that!!! 
I think I will tell you about day two later...as my time on the computer is fast disappearing...Buen Camino All.
signed, the pilgrims four xxxx