St Jean pied-de-port

 The train from Bayonne deposited a bunch of us at the station in St Jean pied-de-port including this group of women presumably they are pilgrims.

 St Jean is a typical French Basque village.

 Here the pilgrims stops at the pilgrims' office, get their first stamp on their pilgrim's passport and instructions on the way. They could go to the local shops and get kitted up if they are not already kitted for the way.

Here is a bunch of bicyclists making the climb up the hill. It's pretty tough but they were able to do it. It's the low season for pilgrims, we saw only a handful. St Jean is a popular stop for daytrippers. There were more of us daytrippers around town.