April 19, 2024 - Mérenvielle - Gimont - 31 kms - Le Patio d’Oustal It was a much better day yesterday than the two previous ones. The wind was light and the temperature climbed steadily from 2 degrees to an eye popping 18. I was also feeling better. After our two days of wind and cold on the canal, I was left drained and ill, ...
April 16, 2024 Avignonet- Lauragais - Baziege - 26kms - Ecluse de Sanglier April 17, 2024 - Baziege - Toulouse - 29kms - L’Authentique Cour de Ville April 18, 2024 - Toulouse - Mérenvielle - 30kms - Villa de Rabailly When Jean-Marie was checking me in at the pilgrim gite at the Ecluse de Sanglier (canal lock of the wild boar) he asked me my ...
April 12, 2024 - Bouisset - Castres 29kms - Apartment April 13, 2024 - Castres - Dourgne - 23kms - Hotel La Montange Noir April 14, 2024 - Dourgne - Les Casses - 35kms - Gite d’Etape La Passeure- Elle April 15, 2024 - Les Casses - Avignonet - Lauragais - 25kms - Fast Hotel Grandma: For anyone who doesn’t already know, I’m the intrepid ...
April 10, 2024 - Murat-sur-Vebre - La Salvetat-sur-Agout - 22kms - Hotel Pergolas April 11, 2024 - La Salvetat-sur-Agout - Bouisset - 28 Kms - Gite Communal We are spending our third and final night in the hills of Haute Languedoc. Our days at elevations of 700 to 1100 metres have coincided with the passage of a vigorous cold front. It is always a few ...
April 3, 2024 - Montpellier - Montarnaud - 22 Kms - Chambre d’hotes Le Bois Des Frênes April 4, 2024 - Montarnaud - Saint Guilhem le Desert - 22 kms - Gite de la Tour April 5, 2024 - Saint Guilhem le Desert - St. Jean de la Blaquiere - 24 kms - Municipal Pilgrim Hostel Is there anything more flattering and touching than to ...
March 31, 2024 - Sainte Gilles to Gallargues-le-Montueux - 27kms - Studio Neuf Proche Camargue April 1, 2024 - Gallargues-le-Montueux - Vendargues - 25kms - La Domitiene April 2, 2024 - Vendargues - Montpellier - 12kms - Citadines Ruth: I tried to write my own lyrics to the Sound of Music’s “Favourite Things” with a French twist, but my rhymes were so bad I just ...
March 30, 2024 Arles to St. Gilles - 20 kms - Hotel Le Saint Gillois It feels wonderful to once again be walking on the Camino. We spent a couple of nights in Arles, which is a beautiful small city, but as always I was chomping at the bit to start walking. There is generally a little anxiety about the first days on a Camino. ...
On Saturday we will be resuming our 4,000 km pilgrimage from Budapest to Santiago de Compostela. Last year we travelled the more than 2000 kms from Budapest to Arles, France. Gord made the entire way on foot and I walked and rode with my folding bike “Grandma Friday”. I often find myself feeling that I am not really making the journey legitimately because I have ...
I’ve learned a few things about weather forecasts in my last few trips. I used to let a bad weather forecast torment me even before the bad weather arrived. I would think to myself, “This the last nice day we will have for a week.” In some cases I wouldn’t even enjoy the nice day. I would only be happy when we had that narrow ...
On a daily basis, across four countries, Ruth and I have had agitated dogs barking at us as we pass. The dogs are almost always chained up or behind a fence, so they are rarely a real threat, though we do occasionally get a shot of adrenaline when they materialize from nowhere in a burst of noise and dog saliva.I’m not sure why Europeans feel ...