Europe 2/3

Oct 28, 2018

Camino Amigos, Friends and the Trail, Camino de Santiago, Spain

“Let’s get a sandwich” I said to Ol. It didn’t look like we could make it to the next town for France’s lunch hour so we decided to go to...

Oct 24, 2018

Church's Chicken? The Miracle of the Hen and the Rooster, Santo Domingo, Spain

Ol and I entered the beautiful cathedral in Santo Domingo. “Is that a real chicken, it’s moving” Ol says. Sure enough I looked up and...

Oct 20, 2018

Blown Away by Spain! Camino de Santiago, Spain

“The engines have been taken out of the boat and are in the shop being worked on.” Bill told us. “Well, while you finish working on the...

Oct 18, 2018

The Reason We Walk, St. Jean Pied-de-Port, France

We spotted a picnic table and decided that this would be a good place for lunch. We unwrapped our sandwiches which we had purchased...

Oct 13, 2018

The Long Road to St. Jaques, France

“I think that I might have injured the tendons in my foot” said the beautiful twenty-something woman from Australia staying at our gite....

Oct 10, 2018

The Crosses of the Chemins de Compostelle, A Pilgrim’s Blessing, France

The entire Chemins de Compostelle is marked with crosses to help Pilgrim's find their way. All different, all beautiful. A place for...

Oct 6, 2018

The French Way, Chemin St. Jacques, France

If I would have asked Ol if he would like to take a few months and walk from Jackson, Mississippi to Key West, Florida he would have...

Oct 3, 2018

Parlez Vous Anglais?Chemin St. Jacques, France

Our children Liv and Ollie laughed when we told them we were going to spend a month in France, hiking through rural villages. After...

Sep 22, 2018

Sleeping With Strangers (or Where to Stay when walking the Chemin de St. Jacques through France)

I had my headphones on and was listening to a Podcast when I heard a loud noise. After hearing it the second time, I took off my...

Sep 18, 2018

Bon Chemin! Chemin de Saint Jacques, Hiking Across France

We were finally on our way, on our 1,000 mile walk on the Chemin de Saint Jacque, as the French call the Camino de Santiago, or the...