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  1. Rellrog

    Struggling on the Le Puy

    We are completely sympathetic. We walked it from Le Puy in 2015...loved the beautiful villages, great food and good accommodations. However, I have little French and felt isolated from the other pilgrims...at least 90 percent were French walking the Gran Randonnee, not the Camino. At least...
  2. Rellrog

    Speaking French on the Le Puy Route

    Definitely do the Le Puy...the villages, surroundings and food are too great to miss. The downside for me is that, although you may be able to get along with some French...ordering food, making hotel reservations, etc., my experience (ala the Frances) was diminished because of the inability to...
  3. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    On the Le Puy, we found a good number of small gites and B&Bs that were run by foreigners...British, German, Dutch. They added a nice change to our environment and they were always very friendly and helpful. The French B&B owners were always very nice...even when they did not speak a word of...
  4. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    During this thread many people have mentioned that they will be walking the Le Puy for the first time this year. I would love to hear about your experiences in light of my comments and those of the others. Some have indicate that they speak no French, others that they speak some French. Your...
  5. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Thanks Catahoula. In light of what was said in this thread, please elaborate? I will be walking the Portuguese from Lisbon in September and would be interested in seeing what you have to say.
  6. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Hi Mominmamma. I can't answer your question since I have never walked the Vezelay route. However, I see there is a thread in the Vezelay forum that compares the two. Buen Camino on your ambitious undertaking.
  7. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Thank you for raising a very good point, Peregrina2000. I suspect the point you raised does happen often and I was not thoughtful enough to have done something about it. I will be more conscious and considerate in future settings. I do want to say that my original point was I enjoyed the...
  8. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    I'll take your word for it; however, our experience on the Chemin (Le Puy) says otherwise. We had too many experiences that contradicts GR65=Camino...always. Interesting that you had a problem leaving...we did have a problem with that too...most significant was, believe it or not, leaving Le...
  9. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Do we know that to be a fact because we often found GR signs going one direction and the Camino sign going another. We were so confused once we tagged along with two older French men that seemed to know what they were doing. After about half a mile they waved us down and said they had followed...
  10. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    We went in late July and often the weather was hot...too hot for us. We would have tried September but we had to be in Santander for Spanish classes in September. The one problem that kept recurring early on on the route were the "way signs." For someone not used to the Le Puy, you have to...
  11. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Le Puy will be a great place to practice your French. We used two books...Miam Miam Dodo (in French) and the Cicerone book. We used the former for its gite and chambres d'hote recommendations. We used both for route guidance. For the latter, we didn't find either to be that great. We would...
  12. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    This has happened to us also. One such instance was when we rolled into Aroue. It took us 30 minutes to find our gite...only to discover it closed. At first we thought we were early and waited. We eventually started looking for a place to eat lunch. We discovered the small town did not have...
  13. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Like John, I have had similar problems. Like John my experiences were both negative and positive. Regarding the latter, I remember the Chambres d’hote owner in a small town that insisted that we should not miss a Holocaust museum located just outside her town. She drove us there and stayed...
  14. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Well now that you pointed out the four things you didn’t like about Le Puy, can you tell us the four things you liked about Le Puy? Okay…here it is. The landscape and the towns that we walked into were outstanding and picturesque. Le Puy en Valet was a spectacular old town with a beautiful...
  15. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Louise, we went during the high season...July. During that time booking ahead is an absolute must. The one time we were not able to book ahead, we spent quite a bit of time looking for a vacancy. All the advice I read says that booking ahead is a very good idea. Even though you are going in...
  16. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    I agree that you should always attempt to use what French you know; however, I should say that the last sentence from Sixwheeler didn't always work for us. Often...especially when people are busy...like the gite owner or restaurants or shops...fumbling through one's poor French was not...
  17. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Not a problem, Domigee. I fully understand. I like your penance, though! :-) I travel quite a bit and often to countries I don't speak the language...Japan and China. I never expect that people will speak English. I make do with the few words and phrases that I learn. Only I suffered badly...
  18. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    This is the kind of misunderstanding I am referring to. Domigee, I always expect difficulties in communication when I go abroad...and I do brush up on the basic language when I go there. I speak Spanish and, in addition, I took 2.5 months of Spanish when I was in Spain. When I spent a month...
  19. Rellrog

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    I hesitated writing this thread since I will be focusing on some negatives about walking the Le Puy Camino. It is very difficult to discuss negatives without misunderstandings and misinterpretations. I will comment more on the Le Puy in subsequent postings. All clearly was not negative. Well...
  20. Rellrog

    San Jean Accommodations

    Thanks all. We actually looked at Tartasenia and they were full. We finally booked at Hotel Ramuntcho and i belive received the last room. St. Jean is hopping this time of year. Interesting, we called a chambre d'hotes that told us that they don't like reserving rooms to pilgrims coming off...

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