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Piemont Planning 2022
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[QUOTE="Former member 99290, post: 1021101"] Bonjour [USER=74484]@BombayBill[/USER] We are happily installed in an inexpensive Airbnb in Mauléon- Licharre with two days more to SJPP. I’m not ready to give the long answer - need more time to reflect and untangle the subjective from the objective. I’m not sure if or when I will post on that. But i can offer - from my purely subjective perspective - in the context of your profile - Piemont or Arles or Primitivo in 2022 - if someone were asking my advice (which you’re not) I would choose the Arles or Primitivo hands down before the Piemont. A week into this Chemin we seriously considered changing paths - which has never happened before - but in the end we stuck with it. I’m still considering the reasons why I did not appreciate this camino as much as I thought I would - but it was not any of these - [B]Language[/B] - my husband is French and mine is passable so language was not a problem for us. [B]Not many pilgrims[/B] - we have seen 4 in 18 days. But we did not expect more and have enjoyed a number of quiet routes. And we started 1 April - there would be more pilgrims from May I’d imagine. [B]Locals[/B] - consistently kind and helpful - as much as they could be. But don’t expect people to be able to speak more than a few words of English. Some can - but not all. They can become just as ‘stuck’ after the basics as anyone trying to speak a language they don’t speak well. So none of these things were a problem. Regarding [B]scenery[/B] - the physical surroundings of any camino are a big part of my enjoyment - landscape, towns and villages. I think this is one thé disappointments for me on this Chemin though there were some lovely sections and nice views of snow capped Pyrenees. There was also more road walking than I anticipated. I read on more than one site that the Piemont is regarded as one of the most beautiful camino paths in terms of natural and built environment. That drew me in. But it isn’t, in my view. As an aside both my husband and I have taken far fewer photos on this Way than on any before. Sorry, it’s just my sense of things after 18 days and with two days to go to SJPP. But starting today we are in the glorious Pays Basque ❤️ so this Chemin will end on a high note for sure. The other context is that we are not religious pilgrims nor history buffs - but we appreciated our time at the pilgrimage sites in Lourdes. Sorry not to be of much help. I may be better able to articulate why I didn’t really sync with this Chemin after some time has passed. And in any case I may be in a very small minority. So … go with your gut. Most of the time it works out! 😎 PS. I guess that was a long answer 🤣 [/QUOTE]
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