A Mythical Place – Mont Saint Michel
That myths and legends surround Mont Saint Michel seems fitting given its fairytale like presence as it rises up out of the sea off the coast of Normandy. With a history going back as far as the year 708, Mont St Michel has been a Benedictine monastery, a place of pilgrimage, a fortification, a prison […]
We Came Across an Old Friend
We’ve been making our way steadily west across France. We spent two nights in Orient Forest Regional Nature Park (Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d’Orient) between the shores of Lake Orient (Lac d’Orient) and the lovely old town of Troyes. This area is 170,000 acres of protected woodland and lakes in the Champagne-Ardenne region. […]
Onward to the Sea
We had been told that the forecast for Wednesday is terrible and at 1:45am the sound of the rain beating on the roof of our hostel wakes me, it is shaping up to be a wet one out there. And with 6-7 hours of walking planned, our longest distance so far this trip, it is […]
Weather and Awe
Another day of stunning scenery even without the cooperation of the weather. We started out in a heavy misty rain and so it continued for most of the morning into the early afternoon when we exchanged rain for humidity so all in all we were wet from the outside in and the inside out. It […]
An Up and Down Sort of Day
It was an up and down day of rolling hills, with a couple of monsters thrown into the mix, but it was spectacular. Certainly up there with some of the prettiest Camino scenery I have experienced. The morning was misty as we set out and as well as keeping us cooler it added to the […]
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