Caminos

What a charming experience it has been walking through the SW French countryside, staying in quaint, picturesque villages, and interacting with French people. We have finished our walk in Figeac (pictured above), a mid evil town with a section of the city blocked off to cars and a wonderful walking tour through it. On the

    My good friend Becky supplies me with the most beautiful and functional “bags.” I use that term bags broadly as you can see by the different types of bags she creates. She is a fabric artist with a focus on usefulness. When Steven and I went to find our Becky created bags for

The scallop shell is the universal symbol for the Camino. It can be found on statues, like the one above in Espalion, and on metal markers on the ground, like the one below. In earlier times pilgrims used the shell to eat and drink out of. Sometimes food portions were measured by the scallop shell.

Lisa rode up many steep rugged hills over several days to join us for dinner last night in Nasbinals and we deeply appreciated it!! Yesterday’s ride was a whopping 5000 feet of climbing over 32 miles! What fun it was to spend the next 4 hours sharing tales until we sent her off in the

Day 2 – St Privat d’Allier to Saugues – 13 miles & 2400 uphill feet. Day 3 – Saugues to Les Faux – 18 miles & 2200 ft. Day 4 – Ley Faux to Saint Alban sur Limagnole – 4 miles (more like a rest day) After 3 very hard days of walking, for me,

A rummy Steven and Karen after 23 hours of travel. Only 2 more hours to go! Steven and I are walking the Chemin Le Puy, also called The Via Podiensis, which is the Latin name for one of the four French pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It starts in Puy-en-Velay, as did