The travel day : thoughts about why I want to be a pilgrim again.June 30-July 1st 2012Writing with jet-lag to an audience of more than just Gord is never a good idea. So no great expectation of wit please. The trip was one of our quickest yet, arriving at Canterbury Cathedral 14 hours after leaving Vancouver. We splurged and hired a drive right from the ... Read More
Detail of Pilgrims in Canterbury Cathedral The Via Francigena is already feeling like a small family affair in comparison to the extended family clan reunion of the Camino de Santiago. I have been in contact by email with Alison Raju and Paul Chinn, both of whom have written guides for the VF. Gord and I met Alison on the Le Puy route in France the ... Read More
Gord and I have air tickets purchased and Alison Raju's new guidebook hot off the press. Our planning for the Via Francigena is now offically under way. We fly into Gatwick on July 1, 2012 and we are booked into to the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge right in the Cathedral grounds for our first night.This year we will do about half of the route to Rome ending somewhere in ... Read More