On all the peaks lies peace. Goethe
Quote for the day: Goethe: On all the peaks lies peace. That’s for you Will James.
Today is a bit special for several reasons. It is our first day. Short in terms of miles...only 5 miles. 2,000 feet up (2060 according to my Garmin!). It was a challenge, but we both believe we could have kept going. But if we kept going, we would miss the hostel (aubergue) experience. Jean-Jacques, the proprietor of the aubergue here is a task master. Steve bought two sandwiches from him for tomorrow and he said, bring your ticket tomorrow, you get your sandwich....no ticket, no sandwich. He actually said that. He will call our name at 1:00 or maybe at 2:00 and assign our sleeping quarters. Can’t wait to report on that! It’s a beautiful place.
But this day is also special because it is a beginning for Will becoming a part of the Camino. As we finished our first mile, we stopped at a beautiful vista and released a little of Will’s spirit. I’ve posted a few pictures...one capturing where we released part of Will’s spirit and the others of the amazing vistas in the Pyrenees.
We will take a picture every time we release a little of Will (which will be every day) but won’t post them all...the first, today, a few along the way, and finally in Santiago.
A few other notes: it is so nice that so many of our fellow travelers speak English, but there are fewer of us native speakers than the others. Everyone is so gracious.....we greet them with Bonjour; tomorrow we will be in Spain and will start with Hola. As soon as we greet our fellow travelers in their language, they go straight to English. We try to use our few French or Spanish words, but as soon as we do, they save themselves from our terrible French and beginning tomorrow, from our inadequate Spanish.
We worry about all the folks impacted by Dorian. Be safe....
Today is a bit special for several reasons. It is our first day. Short in terms of miles...only 5 miles. 2,000 feet up (2060 according to my Garmin!). It was a challenge, but we both believe we could have kept going. But if we kept going, we would miss the hostel (aubergue) experience. Jean-Jacques, the proprietor of the aubergue here is a task master. Steve bought two sandwiches from him for tomorrow and he said, bring your ticket tomorrow, you get your sandwich....no ticket, no sandwich. He actually said that. He will call our name at 1:00 or maybe at 2:00 and assign our sleeping quarters. Can’t wait to report on that! It’s a beautiful place.
But this day is also special because it is a beginning for Will becoming a part of the Camino. As we finished our first mile, we stopped at a beautiful vista and released a little of Will’s spirit. I’ve posted a few pictures...one capturing where we released part of Will’s spirit and the others of the amazing vistas in the Pyrenees.
We will take a picture every time we release a little of Will (which will be every day) but won’t post them all...the first, today, a few along the way, and finally in Santiago.
A few other notes: it is so nice that so many of our fellow travelers speak English, but there are fewer of us native speakers than the others. Everyone is so gracious.....we greet them with Bonjour; tomorrow we will be in Spain and will start with Hola. As soon as we greet our fellow travelers in their language, they go straight to English. We try to use our few French or Spanish words, but as soon as we do, they save themselves from our terrible French and beginning tomorrow, from our inadequate Spanish.
We worry about all the folks impacted by Dorian. Be safe....
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