Day 1 - Setting Out on the Camino Frances : Toronto to Paris
Setting Out on the Camino Travelling to the Camino Francés After a long year of saving, selling and planning, we are finally on our way to Paris en route to St. Jean Pied de Port and hopefully, after a month of walking, to Santiago! Our plan is to hike to Santiago along the historical "French Way" or Camino Francés from the border of France across Spain to the Atlantic Ocean. The past 24 hours have been a long and warm trek. Yesterday afternoon we were transported via an Airlink shuttle from our house in Simcoe to Toronto's Pearson International Airport for our 7pm flight. Early for our flight, and not wanting to sit down, we wandered the airport, had dinner, and sent out postcards to our friend at home, who is an avid postcard collector, and to my parents. Paris France Our flight was Air Transat, which left Toronto at 10:15 PM and arrived in Paris at 11:40 AM (local time). All in all, it was a peaceful and relaxing flight, save for the purple "night light...