Our adventure has begun!
13 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Bordeaux
13–14 Haz, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Lourdes - 1st look
14 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ 🌫 66 °F
Jubile year in Lourdes. Met up with friends. Cloudy overcast day.
Betharram
15 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
After a long walk from Lourdes. We spent the night in a monastery called Sanctuary de St Michael . Being Sunday not much was open but we found a restaurant at the campground about 1/2 mile away
Betharram to Arudy
16 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Betharram to Arudy 16+ miles. A soul crushing day. Heat, loooooong hills and a few wrong turns. About 10 hours of walking . Just wanted to be done!✅
Arudy - Oloron St Marie
17 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
This was an absolutely gorgeous day but it got hot. Later in the day We ended up taking a swim in a river - it was cold 🥶 but felt so good to lower the body temperature.
Olorn St Marie to L’hôpital St Blaise
18 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Another long and Challenging day. Rolled into Town about 5:45. Dormitory style tonight. Microwave ‘gourmet ‘ meal!
Leaving Mauleon
19 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
Started hiking out of Mauléon lots of steep hills. Our hotel host was so accommodating. Nice buffet breakfast and they even packed a lunch for us!
Hot day #3
20 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We set out to only do 10 of the 27k planned. We made the decision to skip ahead because of the dangerous heat.
Change in plans - skipping ahead to St J
20 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
To hot and the remaining sections are labeled as the hardest yet! Time to catch the bus (only 1.3€!!) and just like that we are back is St Jean Pied de Port.
On the way to the Emerald Isle
22 Haziran, Fransa ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Train from St Jean to Bayonne; Bus to Biarritz Airport; Flight to Dublin.
A beautiful Irish Home
22 Haziran, İrlanda ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
Arrived at the lovely home of John & Sinead. Lovely setting near Killarney & Dingle
Rossbeigh Ireland
23 Haziran, İrlanda ⋅ 🌬 61 °F
Sinéad and John giving us a great local tour to start our visit. Rossbeigh, Dukes, Cromane! Even got our first 99er!!
Killorglin Ireland, Co Kerry
23 Haziran, İrlanda ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Lovely visit to town and to visit Sinead’s Dad who, at 90, still lives in the family home on Steelroe and is a master gardener.
Dingle
26 Haziran, İrlanda ⋅ 🌬 61 °F
The weather cleared up for the morning and Sinéad took us on a lovely tour of the Dingle peninsula and Slea Head !
Goodbye Ireland !
29 Haziran, İrlanda ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
After a day of travel by Dublin City bus, through the crowds in town for the Gaelic football match and a lovely visit with Sheila’s Cousin Tom McGrogan we say goodbye to Ireland and head to LuzernOkumaya devam et
Welcome to Lucerne - Part 3 Begins
30 Haziran, İsviçre ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Flew from Dublin to Zurich. Beautiful limo / van ride through the mountains to Luzern. A city of unmatched beauty and charm.
Mt Pilatus!
1 Temmuz, İsviçre ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Today, after a workout and a lovely breakfast buffet, we took the city bus to the Mt Pilatus gondola-to the top. Words and photos cannot do justice to Gods majestic creations!
So no captions - justOkumaya devam et
Goodbye Lucerne
1 Temmuz, İsviçre ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Final 1/2 day in Lucerne. Nice walk up to a midevil castle walk and climbing into a clock tower. Next we took a short boat tour on the lake. We finished with a trip to the Rosengart museum so SheilaOkumaya devam et
Hello Viking River Cruise
2 Temmuz, İsviçre ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
After a short bus ride from Lucerne we arrived in Basel to begin the final leg of our journey aboard the Viking Sigrun. It was over 100°f. So we were glad to be on board in an air conditioned room!
Black Forest
3 Temmuz, Almanya ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Viking excursion to the Black Forest - worth the time
Kehl, Strasbourg
4 Temmuz, Fransa ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Trip to Strasbourg for a canal ride
Middle Gorge Valley UNESCO
6 Temmuz, Almanya ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Scenic journey thru the Middle Gorge Valley - the entire trip a UNESCO world heritage site. More Castles than I could keep up with
Koblenz Marksburg Medival 🏰
6 Temmuz, Almanya ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Arrived in Koblenz after a beautiful (but overcast) day Sailing through the Middle gorge. Bus ride to an informative tour of Marksburg Castle
Cologne!
7 Temmuz, Almanya ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
Learned a great deal during our guided walk today. The Cologne Cathedral is awesome. The rest of Cologne is pretty boring.




















































































































































































































































































































































































good for you! have fun and be safe! [Bill H]