Tag: European trekking
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Camino in France – Up With The Sun
Day 38 – Arzacq-Arraziguet to Arthez-de-Béarn Early morning starts have been chilly as the October sun rises slowly. A series of steep ups and downs returned midday, causing some grumbling from behind. The church pictured below offered a shady spot for a quick bite to eat. After another few hours of walking, we called it…
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Camino in France – Up To Our Ears In Corn
Day 36 – Aire-sur-l’Adour to Miramont-Sensacq An early start brought us 300-feet up and out of Aire-sur-l’Adour where we caught the last glimmer of sunrise. The remainder of our day led us along farm roads bordering never-ending fields of corn. That was the extent of our scenery. Day 37 – Miramont-Sensacq to Arzacq-Arraziguet Prior to…
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Camino in France – Just Say “No”
Day 34 – Eauze to Nogaro “No, we don’t eat meat,” Reg fibbed to our server upon hearing our dinner choices….duck cooked this way, or duck cooked that way. Neither of us like duck, no matter how it’s cooked.When we booked our trip, our travel company reserved all our rooms for us with dinner and…
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Camino in France – Off With Their Heads
Day 32 – Condom to Montréal We’ve passed by acres of dry and droopy sunflowers, but yesterday’s path took us by the first harvested field. Headless stalks were all that remained of what was once a sea of yellow flowers…a sign that fall is here with winter close behind. Tuesday the threat of rain hovered…
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Camino in France – Cat Tales and Cathedrals
Day 30 – Lectoure to La Romieu Off to an early start, we soon realized we were going the wrong way. Our mistake…blindly following our fellow pink-shirted French trekker rather than checking our GPS. Back on track, we set our sights on our next stop – La Romieu. The day of walking wasn’t long or…
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Camino in France – A Day Without Highs
Day 26 – Moissac to Auvillar The scenery was somewhat repetitive, but the path was wonderfully flat. I can’t tell you what a relief that was for us. Steep climbs have been the daily norm since our first day out of Le Puy and have caused us to rack up a whopping 34,235 feet of…
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Camino in France – Sunday, a Day of Rest
Day 21 – Lalbenque to Cahors After getting picked up from the trail Friday afternoon, we left Lalbenque early Saturday morning, on foot, armed with a map to guide us back to the trail. A little surprised our host didn’t offer a return trip for us, but since he was a one-man-show, the official driver,…
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Camino in France – Are We Stranded?
Day 19 – Cajarc to Limogne-en-Quercy We found ourselves trying to outrace the rain today. The weather report didn’t give us much hope as we watched dark clouds drift all around us. We came around a bend, and just in time for lunch, stumbled upon a wonderfully festive rest stop. A warm welcome and an…
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Camino in France – It’s Easy to feel Groovy…
Day 16 – Decazeville to Figeac After several days of slow and careful steps, Reg announced today that he felt “back in the groove” of walking. While this is good news, I couldn’t resist poking a little fun at him. “It’s easy to feel groovy when the trail is flat! Day 17 – Figeac to…
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