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I think your advice about carrying food still stands. Increasingly, Gite owners recognize this and offer packed lunches for a fee but it is very good to carry a bag of trail mix or something for a pinch. There were days we left before the boulangerie opened in one town, found nothing on the way...
I hope you are not referring to my remark that most people on the Le Puy are Francophone. It was not a criticism but a statement of fact in contrast to the Frances and it has to do with the fact that the GR65 is a popular national hiking trail distinct from it’s role as part of the Chemin.
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I was traveling in the summer, so that means more people, but also during Covid travel restrictions, which meant fewer. I was with my daughter and we did not want for company. We often walked alone (though many days we did not) because of pace issues but we needn’t have. We met a range of...
I think there is a misunderstanding here. The trails on Le Puy are also part of a French heritage hiking network, so while there were plenty of Pilgrams when I walked in 2021, there were also many people hiking stretches on their vacation or retirement to see French cultural sites. They may be...
Despite my handle, I am a woman and I did feel safe. 2021 prob low ebb for Americans and Brits on the Le Puy, so you may well find more english speakers. Still vote for learning a little French because I found French people more willing to try their English on me if I tried to my French (maybr...
Oh. I did bring a small pepper spray. Only one time did I even think I might need it, but felt good to have it. You’ll need to check a bag to bring it but it’s legal to bring. Make sure you practice using it (and don’t spray into wind on this trial).
Also Chez Fanny & Jeremy in Chely St Aubrac really lovely people, which is nice because comes at end of a tough stage.
Dinner not on site. Don’t eat at resto right next door wander down to the Hotel Logis and eat with them. Stay at Convent de Malet in Saint Come D’Olt (the French poo poo the...
Yes:) Gite de la Virlange (lovely host & greet food) La Ferme du Barry (feels luxe & great food), Hotel Restaurant L’Horlage (Auvillar) eat at their restaurant book dinner w room, Gite Etap Le Nid des Anges (great host & food), L’Oree du Chemin (French obsessed w this one claim owner/chef...
You will want to use Miam Miam (as suggested elsewhere) because that is the guide most people on this trail use and if you stay in gites recommended by the guide you will share dinner w fellow hikers every night. The food is unbelievably good. If you speak French, that is very helpful. If not...
I think they will have to accept the CDC card because we cannot use the Eurozone electronic passport. Some states, like New York, have their on electronic passports that are verified via vaccination database. Not sure what the French will make of those but I guess if you can get one, you should.
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