Day Five: St. Jean Pied de Port

 

Arrived in St. Jean Pied de Port today after an early morning flight from Paris.

 

St. Jean and surrounding country-side is beautiful.  Those hills...mountains.... do look a bit daunting.

 

We'll see tomorrow.

 

Our room in the albergue Pellerin.  I am in the top bunk but, thankfully  there is a side rail.

 

 

Laundry facilities in the albergue.

 

Backyard of the albergue.

 

We start here tomorrow morning at 8 am.

 

Tune in tomorrow to see how we made out on our first day of walking.

Day Four: Last Day in Paris

 

Breakfast in our apartment.  We did not drink the wine....at breakfast.

 

Our neighborhood cafés.

 

 

Visited Notre Dame Cathedral, the most visited tourist attraction in Paris. 

 

It is celebrating its 850th year of existence. 

 

So construction began in 1163.

 

Joan of Arc.

Questions posted as you enter Notre Dame Cathedral:

1. Why was I created?

2.  What makes me unique?

3.  Where am I going in life?

4.  What is my relationship with others?
5. Where did you come from?
Camino-type Questions....???

 

Also visited l'opera.

 

 

Day Three: European Tour

 

Second day in Paris.  This guy is keeping an eye on us in our apartment.  I like to call him Sigmund.

 

Lunch on the Left Bank..

 

Along the Seine...

 

Shopping on Champs Elysee...

 

Hanging onto my Euros...

 

Triumphed over the 284 steps to the top of l'arc de triomphe...

 

Visited Gustave Eiffel at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

 

View from the top of the Eiffel Tower.  Buildings so white in this city.

 

Parisien lawnmower in The Tuileries Gardens.

 

Bought postcards for Julia ...

 

And Emma.......reflecting their respective interests...

 

Visited Vincent and others at Musee D'Orsay.

 

Had a cup of tea at Musee d'Orsay.
Gauze Teabag!!!  Tea brand was "St. James!".  Significance.

Day Two in Paris

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Day Two: European Tour

Day Two:  Paris

Arrived in Paris this morning.  Cab to our apartment on Boulevard St. Germain.  Great location.  Great apartment.

 

 

Lunch in a Greek restaurant...

 

Serenaded by an Irish minstrel...

 Baklava for dessert...

 

City tour by bus...l'arc de triomphe

 

Paris, The City of Love....so much love...

A bridge decorated with locks signed by couples in love...

 

Sarah and Thomas, for example...

 

Picnic on the banks of the Seine...

 

Evening boat tour on the Seine...This couple does not include anyone from our group.  Just a case of living vicariously....

 

Our photographer friends, aged 7 and 9.

 

Eiffel Tower at night...

Tune in tomorrow for more Paris.

Day One: Tuesday, August 27th, 2013



Here we are leaving the Fredericton Airport.

One last Mother/Daughter Moment.  Where is MY daughter??

 



Saying good-bye to the crowds who came to see us off.          

 

Looking forward with anticipation.  
 

 

 
 



 

Leaving Tomorrow

One more day.....

 

Backpack packed.  15 pounds, give or take.  A lot of pharmaceuticals. 

 

My "other"passport.

 

I am worried about not taking a book.  Or yarn.  I told Emma my reading and knitting addictions are akin to a smoking addiction.  Her solution?  Start smoking.  It would be lighter.  She is such a brilliant problem-solver!

 

We are allowed to take this book, of course.  It weighs about 10 pounds.  Some people tear the "used" pages out as they journey along.

 

And, of course, I will have my "jotter", with one of my mentors on the cover. 

 

Rhubarb Money.  Rhubarb Euros.  Do they have rhubarb in Spain???