What Does it Cost to Live in Nice, France? Nice and I fell in love at first sight. At first, I thought she’d be too expensive for a long-term relationship, but I was totally wrong. Although she’s incredibly beautiful, she’s also quite laid back, down-to-earth, and...
Carcassonne, France is famous for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cité de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress and walled city located in the south of France. Its strategic location on the Aude plain, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, has made it a...
This is a short film I assembled from video and still images I shot with my iPhone 6S+ during our 30-day walk on the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied du Port, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain in May 2016. We had an amazing time on the “Way of Saint...
Camino de Santiago: Day 3, Refuge Orisson, France Distance from Refuge Orisson to Espinal, Spain – 26.6 kilometres. Horses on the Camino de Santiago After a fitful night’s sleep, we woke at Refuge Orisson about half an hour before sunrise. The room and the...
Camino de Santiago: Day 2, St. Jean Pied de Port Distance from Saint Jean Pied du Port to Orisson 8.4 kilometres. The weather in Saint Jean Pied du Port this morning turned out to be unexpectedly fair. The cloudy skies of the night before had given way to bright...
Camino de Santiago: Day 1, St. Jean Pied de Port Today was Sarah’s birthday and we love St. Jean Pied de Port so much we decided to spend another day here just walking around and soaking in the scenery. We also didn’t want to spend the birthday...
St. Jean Pied de Port at Dusk Today Sarah and I begin our four week or so walk across the Pyrenees and northern Spain along the fabled Camino de Santiago (sometimes mistakenly called Camino del Santiago). I am traveling very light, with only an iPad and smartphone to...
Entrance to the Louvre in Paris Last fall my friend, Joyce, and I discussed walking the Camino de Santiago. She commented, “If we’re going to go that far around the world, I also want to see Paris. I may never get another chance.” The Camino walk takes a month, if...
