I’ve walked to GR 10 route. It’s direct and has to be the shortest. Be sure to plan for The weather. It’s a fairly high route in his some steeper grades. The Via Nive looks like fun, but I haven’t had a chance to walk that one.
The restaurant where Tom and Joost first meet is the Oillarburu in St Jean PdP. I took a photo of its frontage. Between two logos of Kronenbourg it says, "Bar-Restaurant Paxkal Oillarburu" I wondered what this meant, so I put it in Google...
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