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It was pitch black at 6:30am when I left my hotel to walk across the street to Gare Montparnasse. I found my gate, when the time was posted for the train to Bayonne accept that I got on the wrong train. Actually it wasn’t really the wrong train. It was the wrong half of the […]

Again serendipity came to the rescue. Rosa had tried repeatedly to book a reservation for us to see Notre Dame and was told that they were “sold out.” We knew that we could get in at 6:00pm for mass, so we set out to get there early. We arrived at 5:30 to suss things out.

I flew Air Transat to Paris yesterday…..or maybe it was the day before?…I can’t be sure. I know I left on a Monday and it is now Wednesday. Anyway the flight was OK. There was a lot of turbulence and there was nothing to watch in the way of TV or movie entertainment. If the

I leave in three days – GULP! Yes, I’m excited. I’ve had a few sleepless nights thinking through the packing list and the various “to do lists,” but I am, for the most part, ready. I’m walking almost everyday now for 10-12kms with a full pack – 10lbs. The other day it rained, so I

OK, I’m a collector. I’m one of those people who would have a sticker or decal on my luggage, on my car, on my sleeve – it’s a girl guide “thing.” We would sew our achievement badges on the sleeve of our uniform. I now sew them on my backpack…..And I will collect stamps in

Two weeks today, I leave for Paris to begin my Camino France´s. I’ve started to do some serious walking. The temperatures have cooled a bit – 21C, so I managed a 20kms walk with a full backpack – 10lbs. I walked 10kms to the Brickworks and back, had lunch and then repeated the walk. I