...a 500 mile Pilgrimage across Spain
Miles Traveled: 13.7 Miles to go: 468.2 We awoke today to two very different sounds, at 6 AM the Gregorian chanting of monks encouraged us out of our beds mixed with the sound of hard rain outside and it was expected to rain like this all day. We packed and dressed for the rain as […]
Day Three Roncesvalle to Zubiri Read More »
Miles traveled: 10.5 Miles to Go: 478.7 A second beautiful day with great weather for walking. The reports people gave about today’s walk were accurate. There was a short steep accent and then it was more gradual. James and I made good time over the top and down into the valley where we arrived at
Day Two May 16, Orisson to Roncesvalle Read More »
Arrival in St Jean Pied de Port (SJPDP), France first day to Orisson, France Miles Traveled: 5 Miles to go: 483.7 May 14, My flight from Dublin was uneventful and the arranged transportation found me along with 6 others all going to SJPDP I met Ann and Sean from Dublin and we talked about out
Day One May 14, and 15, St. Jean to Orisson Read More »
Day Four Dublin, Ireland and Northern Ireland Long day today up at 5 AM to walk to the tour bus to Northern Ireland. The land and scenery on the route North was beautiful everything was green with spring among the gently rolling hills. As we crossed into Northern Ireland (we did not need to stop
Day Four May 13, Dublin, Ireland and Northern Ireland Read More »
Gareden of Remembrance Dublin, Ireland I had not scheduled anything for today, Sunday. I had planned on leaving the day open to see what developed. One of the questions some have asked is, ‘ why stop in Dublin and not go directly to France’? Two reasons, after reading Frank Delaney’s novel ‘Ireland’ I wanted to
Day Three May 12, Dublin, Ireland Read More »
Enjoyed a full day of walking the city (9 miles according to Fit). Visited the Museum of Archaeology, Trinity College and the Book of Kells. Amazing craftsmanship, just beautiful what these monks did in 800 CE. Even more amazing is that it survived its journey until today given all the wars, fires and regime changes
Day Two May 11, Dublin, Ireland Read More »
Harbor view of Howth, Ireland. Uneventful flight over. Greating me at the airport was a rugby team getting ready to board a flight. One 6′ , 200lb+ player was dressed in a thong and meshed top. Ok, so I knew I would be exposed to new cultures but this was staring off very strange. You
Day One May 10, Dublin, Ireland Read More »
My last day of work will be May 3rd and on May 9th I will fly out of Boston, first for 4 days in Ireland and then on to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to start my walk on May 15th. On my own time I continue to purchase the items I will need
4/17/2019 Preparing to Go Read More »