The first miracle of the Camino!

Well of all the things I have read about the Camino, the one thing no one ever mentioned was the bus ride to St Jean. Silly me, never even thinking about driving in the mountains-twisting, turning roads that apparently must be driven at a high rate of speed for full effect! I have been known to get carsick on the rolling hills of Kentucky and in the Rocky Mts, but the Pyrenees are a special kind of dizzy! I put my head down so as not to see any motion and after many, many Hail Mary's & and O, my Jesus prayers we arrived safely in St Jean and I did not get sick!! A miracle! We made our way to the Pilgrim Office and got our credencial. We are officially on the Way!   Then stopped by the church to light a candle for all of you praying for us and in thanks for not getting sick on the bus!
This is our first night in a dorm sleeping arrangement- we will see how this experience goes!  Everyone here tonight speaks French and only a little English.  Tomorrow we begin!  Our host here, Eric, talked to us about the Way and wrote Ulteria! on our credencial.  I know this word from Cursillo- he said it meant  "Go Farther". That now we are walkers and after Santiago, then we will be pilgrims, back to our lives.  Kind of like the 4th day, to my Cursillo friends.  Anyway, looking forward to what the journey will bring!