Next Stop Mannheim
For more than 20 years all I have seen or known of Mannheim has been as a stop on my train route to the airport in Frankfurt. A university city at the confluence of the Neckar and Rhine rivers, Mannheim is a large multi-cultural city with a long and rich history going back to the […]
Pilgrims in the Mist
Day 1: St Jean Pied de Port to Orisson Beginnings are always fun, exciting and a little terrifying. I had butterflies in my stomach as we set out this morning. The walk was short, just 8km/5 miles but we were concerned the longer distances in the mountains especially at this early stage would be too […]
And so it begins
We haven’t yet set foot on the trail and already the Camino is working it’s magic. As well as the expression ‘the Camino will provide’ it is also said that pilgrim will encounter Camino miracles. On the train from Bordeaux to Bayonne, the last leg of our 13+ hours traveling on Tuesday, by pure chance […]
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