Whew,  We are here in St.Jean Pie de Port France and it is Beautiful.
 The village is full of pellegrinos, also known as pilgrims.
Everyone is friendly and so helpful.   We stayed at a  refugio in the
old section of the city and had a community meal of stewed green
beans, beef and potatoes that was  delicious as we were exhausted and
starved.  We will stay here in St. Jean one more night before we begin
the most difficult part of the trip over the pyrnees mountains into
Spain.   We will stay part way in another refugio and arrive in
Roncevalles on Saturday.   It was a good choice for us to stay an
extra day in St. Jean as we spent over 24 hours traveling on Tues into
Wed evening.    I feel so grateful for many things, foremost the love
and support I feel from everyone and the fact that I am here and able
to to this:  I already want to return as many people we've met do.
Goodbye for now   Love to all