This is the route in Spain that I will follow. John is coming with me for the first 10 days, and then I will be on my own, which is very common practice when doing a pilgrimage like this. I am very, very glad that John is coming with me to help me find the "beginning" of my journey. We will fly on the evening of May 2nd from Tampa to Miami, then to Madrid, and catch a connecting flight to Pamplona, Spain. We will stay in Pamplona for the night and then work our way to our starting point, in France, just over the border in the French Pyrenees- in a town named St. Jean Pied du Port. We have to take either a bus or a taxi to get there. We will spend Saturday night in a comfy bed, and then on Sunday, May 5th, we will start walking, up the mountain to Orisson hostel. it will be a difficult first day, since it's walking up a mountain, and our Florida training has not been great for that.