The Walk, 2014

In the fall of 2013, Tom walked the Camino de Santiago de Compostela from St. Jean de Pied in southwestern France to Santiago in northwestern Spain. We decided to do it together in 2014, along with our friend Cindy, and starting 500 miles further east in Le Puy, France. This historic pilgrimage route is walked annually by thousands of people...and now we count ourselves among them.

We aren't taking any "technology" with us, so we'll be using public pay-by-the-hour computers with strangely arranged keyboards and (perhaps) slow Internet access. But we'll attempt to post regularly.

Buen camino!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

End of day 6, 133 kilometers--you do the math.  The weather has been absolutely beautiful--clear blue skies, frosty in the mornings and warm in the afternoons.  Two nights ago we stayed in a huge rock farmhouse/barn/dairy that is part of a 19 farmer cooperative. All of the food is from the farm or produced locally. The next night our host fixed a local specialty called aligot--potatoes and new cheese and creme fraiche pureed into a stiff paste like bread dough. It was delicious but we were tiring of meat and potatoes. Last night we stayed in a yurt. The countryside was very much like the moors in Scotland. The proprietress was a teacher as well. She fixed us lentils and rice. The yurt was big enough for ten but we were the only ones there because it was not really open--I think she just did not see Americans very often. (I cannot find the apostrophe)

Tonight we are in St Chely d Aubrac. We have come down nearly 1500 feet in elevation and are back to spring wildflowers.  We plan to take a rest day in Conques on Tuesday so I will write more then. We are all well-no blisters--and are having a fabulous time.
Buen camino!
Robyn

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