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I have walked 20 Caminos and several other pilgrimages around the world. I loved Via Francesco and strongly recommend it. Walked Rome to Assisi in 2020 and Florence to Rome in 2022. It was rugged, mountainous, great food, wonderful accommodations and most of all the spirit of Francis was...
We were in Egypt in March 2020 when the land border crossing was closed due to Covid. Finally getting there in March.
Planning to walk the 75K Jesus Trail in its entirety as well as a few days on Abraham Trail around Jericho and Masada.
Wondering if anybody can offer insights or suggestions...
Mont St. Michel is fantastic and close to Dinan. That said walking from there to Santiago in 45 days is a bit of a challenge. I did it in 55 days. I started a Camino from County Clare in 2018 after 35 days walking in Ireland, ferried from Dublin to Cherbourg walking to Mont St. Michel near...
FeatherG. It’s a small world. Joe is my Grandfather Patrick’s nephew. My second cousin. I visit his brothers; Tommie, John, and James when I am in Clare. I stayed with his father, Stephen, on my first trip to Ireland. I never met him as he had moved to Wexford by the time I started traveling to...
FeatherG: Creegh is a small village and happens to be the village of many of my cousins. It is where my grandfather Patrick Considine grew up. I stayed at the house he was born in on my Camino de Santiago from Clare. Do you know how old Joe was and when did he die? For subscribing just click on...
thank you FeatherG. Replies like yours motivate me to keep writing. My deceased Dad and Sister are Francis and Frances so walking there was special for me. I would have liked to have met Joe (he sounds like a wonderful man) when I walked from Clare to Santiagl in 2018. I walked for 2 weeks...
A Pilgrimage from November, 2019. I will be posting this journey on my blog over the next two weeks. Via Francesco is a perfect next Camino for thise who feel a connection to St. Francis.
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After walking the Via Francigena Canterbury, England to Rome Pilgrimage over 86 days you would think...
That’s tough. As Hugh said Bee Keeping is tough. I just got stung inside my mouth after I took a drink of a coke without noticing the bee sharing with me.
Walking The South Leinster Way; Carrick-on-Suir to Bunclody. Day 29-32:
While the scenery here is not as spectacular as The Beara, Kerry, and Dingle Ways, it is grand and there are no other hikers and the quiet is appreciated. But you are never truly alone in Ireland(like the Camino) and every...
Made it to Mont. St. Michel today. A very special place where the religious and spiritual(nature) come together. Located on the northwest coast where Normandie and Brittany meet.
Instead of driving here and parking and walking across the causeway that connects Mont St. Michel to the mainland...
Today is June 24 and I am on a ship crossing over the Irish Sea and North Atlantic to Cherbourg, France. A simple, touching message from my Camino buddy in Mallorca wishing me a Happy St. Juan Day.
The translation is “May the fire purify your way.”
This was an ancient Celtic custom with the...
“The Ugly American” was just a title to my post and taken from a wonderful book of that name by Eugene Burdick. I was simply making light of the situation. . Fortunately, with a sincere apology everyone involved saw the humor in it and we ended up having a pleasant and fun evening. I like to not...
THE UGLY AMERICAN:
Yupha, a Thai espat, is the owner of the Enchanted Kitchen, a wonderful French Thai restaurant in Mullinavat, Kilkenny. I stayed in their upstairs upstairs B&B last night so they let me have my afternoon tea in the comfortable waiting area of the restaurant 1 hour before it...
THE MAGIC OF THE CAMINO:
Tipperary to Santiago Camino. Day2-3:
Santiago de Compostela on July 25 Feast of Santiago)
As I walked on the East Clare Way yesterday through the wee villages of Broadford and O’Callaghans Mills some doubt arose, for while the scenery was beautiful and the early...
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