The Abbey Church at Saint Gilles May 13, 2026 - Arles to Saint Gilles - 22 kms - Le Cours Hôtel May 14, 2026 - Saint Gilles to Aigues Mortes - 28 kms - Agréable T2 apartment Gordon: Yesterday we experienced what will probably be the most authentic "Camino day" of this pilgrimage. We walked and cycled from Arles to Saint Gilles, which is the ...
Saint Trophime May 11, 2026 - Pélissanne to Mouriès - 30 kms - Luciole des Alpilles May 12, 2026 - Mouriès to Arles - 28 kms - La Cloison Studio Ruth: I love the city of Arles. This is our fourth visit, and I still enjoy it as much as I did the first time. It has a fabulous mix of Roman and Romanesque treasures. ...
May 8, 2026 - Pourrières to Aix-en-Provence - 31 kms - ITER House apartment May 9, 2026 - Aix-en-Provence - tourist day in town - ITER House apartment May 10, 2026 Aix-en-Provence to Pélissanne - 31 kms - En pleine cœur de Pélissanne apartment Gordon: Appropriately, Ruth and I both approached Aix by traversing the flank of Mount Sainte Victoire, the distinctive mountain visible from ...
May 3, 2026 - Agay to Roquebrune sur Argens - 27 kms - Les Jasmines apartment The bi-directional pilgrimage route in this area, the Via Aurelia, passes Cannes in the hills above the city. Rather than immediately climbing up to join it, however, we decided to spend a few days on the coast to pass through some cities we had long heard of, but never ...
Gordon: Our guidebook says "If you visit only one of the Yaeyama islands (the islands of the Ishigaki group) make it Iriomote. This is where the wild things roam". An invitation like that cannot be ignored, so we are spending most of a week on this UNESCO designated island. The poster child of the wild things is the Iriomote cat, a housecat sized feline found ...
Gord tried the goat sashimi but I stuck with the beef. The beautiful North peninsula! January 5, 2026 - near Hirara, Miyakojima to Shiraho Beach, Ishigaki - 25 kms - Plus Life Shiraho January 6, 2026 - Shiraho Beach - 51 km day ride - Plus Life Shiraho January 7, 2026 - Shiraho Beach - 28 km day ride - Plus Life Shiraho - island ...
January 2, 2026 - Bora, Miyakojima - 59 km day ride - Minnkayado Intoparitosura January 3, 2026 - Bora to near Hirara, Miyakojima - 28 kms - Hotel Pink Hibiscus January 4, 2026 - near Hirara, Miyakojima - 40 km day ride - island count: 13, with the addition of Kurimajima - total distance cycled: 873 kms Ruth: We have been having fun every day ...
Our host with the Kagami Mochi. December 30, 2025 - NW Miyakojima to Bora, Miyakojima - 30 kms - Minnkayado Intoparitosura December 31, 2025 - Bora, Miyakojima - 37 km day ride - Minnkayado Intoparitosura January 1, 2026 - Bora, Miyakojima - rain and wind day, no cycling - Minnkayado Intoparitosura - total distance cycled: 746 kms Ruth: 2026 arrived in Japan while people back ...