Deadly storm vs hungry pilgrims The storm turned out to be a deadly storm for the south west region of France. 2 people were killed. Headlines news across the country reports major damage to the Lot and Gers regions, exactly where we were walking. We rested and we needed to go into the village to […]
Oh what a night! The camino never ceases to amaze us. For once we got ourselves into the nicest set up, a nice condo like, one bedroom guest house in a spacious country villa, complete with washing machine and a larger kitchen and refrigerator. Deluxe! All to ourselves. Nobody else here. May be because they […]
We had a late start today as the gite does not serve breakfast until 8:30am! Ed does not have any complaint about a late start as he had to wake up at 2 am to do his Sunday radio show. I was a very supportive wife, I slept through his radio show again. We had […]
We have to begin walking very early today as this is the longest walk so far on the trip for us and we want to make sure we come in at a reasonable hour tonight into cajarc. We started out by taking a path uphill to the L’Aiguille du Cingle. This unusual obelisk-type structure is […]
]We woke up today and I am very very sure we will not be able to walk today. I expect a total collapse of all my body functions. The walk yesterday was unbelievably hard. I was surprised to wake up and walk out and got on the trail like it was day one. The camino […]
The morning scene at the Abbey de Sainte Foy is bustling with pilgrims getting breakfast. The Abbey is strict with their hours. Posted everywhere in French and English “all rooms must be vacated by 9 am”. I guess I can’t call down to the front desk for a late check out. We had to follow […]
We woke up in the middle of the night inside the Abbey of Sainte Foy. The deepest silence surrounds us. Not one little sound. The stone building really gives the silence a sense of quiet and serenity unlike any place else on earth. The view of the church of sainte Foy through the window gives […]
At breakfast this morning, a French pilgrim told us according to his research, after Figeac, which is a 2 days’ walk away, it will be no more climbing. All flat valley, nice and easy. No more up and down. I smiled at him. It’s amazing how there is always hope on the camino that soon […]
Estaing in the morning fog is like a post card picture of a chateau in medieval time! It’s stunningly beautiful. We woke up and ready to go again. It’s a strange thing. At night our body is sore then in the morning we wake up and everything is fine. We can walk again. Actually it […]
We woke up very early today to get on the walk to make sure we got our boots and walking sticks. So far no bad incidents. I think we can rest a bit more assured about this system of keeping boots away from walking pilgrims for the night. The whole is dead quiet. All other […]