New Day: New Beginning

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    • France 2025 – Chemin Saint Jacques

      No, I did not do the Chemin Saint Jacques, but I did go to Le Puy-en-Veley so I could be immersed in the pilgrim’s spirits. Le Puy is 4.5 hours drive from Pommard. We got lost for an hour just trying to get out of Pommard. We thought having an overnight stay at Thiers to… Continue reading

    • France 2025 – Bourgogne

      We rented a car from Sixt in Lyon Gare Part Dieu for a week. I got the best rate from booking.com, and also purchased the additional insurance from Zurich Insurance offered through them. I found that car rentals are a lot more expensive if going direct to the company. Costco has pretty good deals with… Continue reading

    • France 2025- Lyon

      One week down. Seven more to go. I’m counting the time enjoyed here, not the weeks left. It has been one big item of my bucket list to spend 2 months in France, so here I am. CDG is still a big awful, confusing airport to maneuver. The walk from the plane to the baggage… Continue reading

    • Camino – Day3 to Pamplona

      I don’t remember much about this stretch except that it was long. It was kinda flat (I found that there’s no stretch that is completely flat on this walk). We walked through farm lands and some industrial parks. After arriving in Madrid, we took a local flight to Pamplona and stayed for 2 days to… Continue reading

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    • Camino – Day2 to Zubiri

      So much excitement felt at Roncesvalles but I felt as if people keep to themselves. People greeted each other with Buen Camino on the walk and moved on. Sure they were friendly, as in being not aggressive, distant or haughty. I just haven’t felt the Camino vibe yet. Everyone was out of the dorm by… Continue reading

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    • Camino – Day1 to Roncesvalles

      Woke up at 5:00 today. Too much anticipation for the big walk. We started walking at 8:30. Today’s walk was 25km (15 mi), 1200m elevation (4000ft) going from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles. It was icy cold 28 degrees up in the mountains. So cold that I couldn’t think anymore and started to… Continue reading

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