We wake up in St Jean this morning early and have our last pilgrim breakfast before saying goodbye to St Jean pied de port ( st Jean foot of the pass). Some of our pilgrim friends are ending here like us, some others are walking on to Santiago. We said good bye to those walking […]
In medical school the power of prayer or the role of God in healing disease was never mentioned and “God Forbid” if it was ever brought up! Medicine is science and god has nothing to do with healing! In addition our politically correct society, not only doctors but also the public are afraid of mentioning […]
The last day on the Camino Le Puy. We were so excited to get going. We left really really early in the morning in the cold and thick fog. We walk for couple of hours with zero visibility. By mid morning, the sun came out. It begins to get very hot. I felt like something […]
We woke up to another very very cold day but no rain in the forecast. We set out to walk very early because today and tomorrow we have many many km to go so we can get to st pallais. At the early hours in the woods, the only other people on the trails are […]
We woke up very early this morning. We have a very long walk today. The last 3 days! Ed stuck his head outside the window and quickly retreated: cold, he said, very very cold! On the bright side of life: it’s not raining and it’s not snowing. We will take cold any day over muddy, […]
We had a great dinner at a table with about 30 pilgrims tonight. Lots of stories. Lots of laughters. Lots of complaints about the weather. The mud. Somebody asks what’s the weather like tomorrow, can somebody check their phone. A funny pilgrim answered: rain, fog, snow, cold. That’s just about sums it up. We all […]
The dinner at the gite was the best ever. May be we were too hungry. First the vegetable soup came out. All vegetable with herb, steamy hot for a very cold autumn evening. The aroma filled up the dining room with such a warm and wonderful smell of home cooking. Leek, potatoes, carrot, beans, herbs, […]
We woke up this morning to a cloudy and cold morning. As long as it does not rain, cold is good for walking. We don’t mind that at all. We left early and walk out by the Sainte Quitterie church and walk down to the Sainte Quitterie Fountain. We walk past many welcoming hospital and […]
Today is our last leg walking though ancient rural routes of France taking us from Nogaro to Aire sur l’ardour. We have very bad weather today. Raining non stop since we woke up. We just brave on the cold and wet trail to walk into Aire sur l’ardour. The vineyards are becoming rarer and we […]
If there is one advise I would give pilgrims about washing their boots, it would be: don’t do it. We almost do not have any boots to wear for today’s walk. First of all we got in from the day’s walk under torrential rain. Meaning it’s wet, it’s cold and the sun is not around. […]