UA Club with Karin S.
18. maj 2022, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Karin is the President of (my) Philadelphia Local Chapter of Amercan Pilgrims on Camino https://americanpilgrims.org/
She is on her 9th Camino and is walking Aragoneze this time around.
She'll beLæs mere
@ my gate wishing each other Buen Camino
18. maj 2022, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
To Paris
19. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Landed about 11am local time and simply breezed through Passport Control and no Customs at all.
At no point was French QR code mentioned or asked for.
I did stop at T2 Pharmacy and got me theLæs mere
Place de Abbesses
19. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
There was supposed to be a St.Jaques celebration resplendent with oysters...but I didn't see anything 😕
So instead I took a fast detour of Rue Avignan and Place Emile Goudeau where Laurie and ILæs mere
The Glorious Sacre Coer
19. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Enjoy Hostel
19. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
My humble Pilgrim abode for 1 night
Room 14 bunk 1402
Nice place
The common area downstairs is a bit worn but Room is clean with it's own bathroom
The guy immediately brought in new sheets andLæs mere
Tour de Montparnasse
19. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
The Montparnasse Tower is a 689ft ( 210m) skyscraper. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011,and is the 14th tallest building in EU
As such it is muchLæs mere
Ciemetere du Montparnasse
19. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
The Montparnasse Cemetery has been in use since 1824. According to Wiki The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris.The cemetery has over 35,000 graves andLæs mere
Vive la CuisineFrancaise
19. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
So I accidentally deleted the picture of my App - Escargot Bourgogne (which was awesome)
But Boeuf Tartar wasn't too shabby either
HAH...looks like I found the escargot picture after all 😃
Petit Déjeuner du Pèlerin
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
A pilgrim's breakfast all right but, heck, a freshly baked French bauget and jams
Yum! 😁
A bit of restless night but I guess could have been worse
Was set to go into a 4-bed dorm and wound up inLæs mere
Gare Montparnasse
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
A slightly drizzling morning in Paris so jacket and backpack poncho had to come out
So far everything is moving according to schedule 👍
Adieu Paris
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
I did glimpse the top of Eifel Tower but it was behind us and I had no time to snap the picture
Battlefields County
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ 🌧 68 °F
Wow! This guy is really moving
40mins and we are approaching Vendome (WW1) and not so far from Tours (732AD)
The Battle of Tours aka the Battle of Poitiers
(yes St.Hillary to us Christians, CharlesLæs mere
And just like that
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We're arrived to Bordeaux
Therefore we shall (symbolically) raise a glass of Vin Rouge to Cyrano and d'Artagnian for we are in their homeland
Bayonne
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Apparently I am getting a short cut as the train to next way point is not running
So the bus to St.Jean is picking us up right here
Beginning to see lots of backpacks and some have Camino shells
St Jean Pied-de-Port
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Totally lovely little medieval town
Walls and Gate portals as one would expect
I'm just taking bunch of pictures all over
There was a special Mass with a Pilgrims Blessing and Benediction atLæs mere
My Hostel Gite Beilari
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Joseph and Fleur owned Beilari since 2008
The Camino Forum can't sing more praise to them and the place
I am very happy that I followed many suggestions and booked here.
All in all the were 19 of usLæs mere
Pilgrim's office
20. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Got my Credenciale going
Said HI to one of the Camino Forum members who is on 3-week volunteer assignment and got some information that hopefully will prove useful
And so
21. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Over the hills and over the plains...
Here we go
Only 5 miles (8km) today but IMHO that's enough for the start
About 1/3 of my last night albergue-mates are doing the same so we'll see each otherLæs mere
A
21. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
So I'm going to label all the insignificant scenery type Footprints either alphabetically or numerically throughout a given day without any further explanation cuz sometimes I don't really know whereLæs mere
B
21. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
C
21. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
D
21. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
E
21. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Mission accomplished for todays
21. maj 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Ah Refuge Orisson
My stop for today
Only five miles but it was a bit of a rough going
Actually I somewhat breezed through first 5 km...
Mind you taking it easy and slow...
But the remaining 3 wereLæs mere










































































RejsendeFinally checking out this trip. Very excited to read it.