Tomorrow I'm off!

[CaminoDebrita]

I'm taking off tomorrow for Paris, and will be kicking around there for a few days (never been!) before then taking a train to Tournus.

My plan is then to fly from Lyon to Madrid, and from there, get to Pamplona and start a walk.

I've had a hard time planning this trip, for many reasons, but I'm very, very glad to be going!

Hope to see some of you out walking.

 

[domigee]

Have a great time!

 

[mspath]

CaminoDebrita,

What a happy lady you must be as you travel to Paris for the first time as well as to follow another camino!

I wish you Bon voyage, Buen camino.

Be sure to check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.

When on the parvis or place facing the Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins and visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.

Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy it! As an American who has lived more than 35 years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all that time for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”

Godspeed and in the truest sense, Ultreia!

 

[SabsP]

CaminoDebrita,

Enjoy it to the fullest ! Ah Paris in the autumn.

 

[JulieandPeter]

Looking forward to your post Camino thoughts. I love this little restaurant in Paris http://www.lesbotanistes.com/?ui=desktop . Enjoy and Buen Camino!

 

[FrankieBallz]

Best of wishes for your trip. I flew into Madrid a year ago tomorrow for my first Camino. Think about it every day. Next time, I plan on flying to Paris to begin also. Just so much to see! I also think you're going at the perfect time of the year. I share your excitement. Keep us posted on your experience. Please convince me to make another trip sooner rather than later! PLEASE! Buen Camino.

 

[Mark Barnes]

I'm taking off tomorrow for Paris, and will be kicking around there for a few days (never been!) before then taking a train to Tournus.

My plan is then to fly from Lyon to Madrid, and from there, get to Pamplona and start a walk.

I've had a hard time planning this trip, for many reasons, but I'm very, very glad to be going!

Hope to see some of you out walking.

. I am in Pamplona now so you may pass me on the trail. Slow walker here.

 

[Saint Mike II]

My very best wishes for a "Buen Camino" it should be a great walk at this time of year. BTW if you have time do a quick search of SYeates (?) report on her adventures last Nov/Dec it was well worth a read. Cheers
(if I can find it I will send a link)

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Best of wishes for your trip. I flew into Madrid a year ago tomorrow for my first Camino. Think about it every day. Next time, I plan on flying to Paris to begin also. Just so much to see! I also think you're going at the perfect time of the year. I share your excitement. Keep us posted on your experience. Please convince me to make another trip sooner rather than later! PLEASE! Buen Camino.

I find that one per year is a good attitude adjustment, and think that it gives one great hope!

Do it!

 

[C clearly]

Buen camino! I know you will enjoy it!

 

[Theatregal]

Buen Camino @CaminoDebrita! I am so envious - wishing you fair weather days ahead.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

I'm taking off tomorrow for Paris, and will be kicking around there for a few days (never been!) before then taking a train to Tournus.

My plan is then to fly from Lyon to Madrid, and from there, get to Pamplona and start a walk.

I've had a hard time planning this trip, for many reasons, but I'm very, very glad to be going!

Hope to see some of you out walking.

Say hi Deb .

You will love Paris .

Wish you a wonderful time and safe travels,Peter.

 

[VNwalking]

Bon voyage and buen camino, Deb!
Sending you all good wishes for a good time in Paris and a fabulous walk.

 

[nycwalking]

Enjoy, enjoy, and enjoy. Such a nice time to walk.
Buen camino.

 

[MTtoCamino]

I'm taking off tomorrow for Paris, and will be kicking around there for a few days (never been!) before then taking a train to Tournus.

My plan is then to fly from Lyon to Madrid, and from there, get to Pamplona and start a walk.

I've had a hard time planning this trip, for many reasons, but I'm very, very glad to be going!

Hope to see some of you out walking.

Have a wonderful time in Paris!
Buen Camino
Keith

 

[Deleted member 43985]

Paris..... what a wonderful appetizer! I just hope you are not too full to enjoy the entreé

Wishing you two fantastic adventures... Buen Camino!!

 

[AlwynWellington]

Hope to see some of you out walking.

Deb, kia kaha (take care, be strong, get going)

 

[GerN]

Hubby ran the marathon in Paris last year so I got to walk around and see all the Sights myself on the Saturday as well as the Sunday. I hope you have a fab time. We found a really lovely Italian Restaurant (carbing for the Marathon) up a side street off the Champ Elysees called Caffe Italiano.

We are starting in Triacastela Friday 6th October so may come across you along our travels.

Buen Camino Debrita x

 

[G_the_D]

Buen Camino!

 

[peregrina2000]

Lucky peregrina! Wishing you a wonderful visit to Paris, trip to Spain, and walk from Pamplona, buen camino, Laurie

 

[Sheesh]

Lucky you. And lucky fellow peregrinos who get to pass your way and enjoy your positive energy and open heartedness.
Buen camino.

 

[Rick M]

Never been to Paris? Well, you have now. Walk the streets and drink it all in. But resist the urge to order one more cafe au lait et pain au chocolat .....you might miss the train!

Back on Camino. Look after those feet, for they are the magic carpet.........

Buen Camino!

 

[WayneG]

Hi Deb,
Buen Camino and enjoy Paris. You may remember, we originally chatted before your first Camino as I was exactly two years behind you, always intending to start, after retirement, on 1st October 2017. Well, I retired as planned last week and I fly out for Paris tonight, on track to start Sunday as originally planned. The two years just flew by! Anyway, we might meet up en route; you never know.....
Travel safely....

 

[WayneG]

Countdown!!!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Happy for you! Paris is a gem and I hope you will be staying connected while you are away. If not, in the meantime I will miss your posts/comments and look forward to your return to the forum when you get back home. Buen Camino!

 

[trecile]

Buen Camino Debrita!

 

[Jersey]

Enjoy. Good luck.
I agree once a year is a great idea. I have to go back in June for a wedding. I find myself already trying to finagle at least a half walk of the Norte.

 

[NualaOC]

Wishing you a bon voyage and a Buen Camino!

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Hi Deb,
Buen Camino and enjoy Paris. You may remember, we originally chatted before your first Camino as I was exactly two years behind you, always intending to start, after retirement, on 1st October 2017. Well, I retired as planned last week and I fly out for Paris tonight, on track to start Sunday as originally planned. The two years just flew by! Anyway, we might meet up en route; you never know.....
Travel safely....

Hey, I’m in Paris right now, and will be until mid morning on the 29th! Might see you here!

 

[CaminoDebrita]

You guys would’ve laughed our heads off to see me getting messed up on the subway from the airport to my hotel! I stood on the wrong side of the platform. Good heavens, must stop following random people! Ha ha! Anyway, I’m in amazing Paris, and seeing the Eiffel tower for the first time just rocked me back on my heels. ... noon Paris time, and 3 AM my time at home. That means it’s time to go take a walk to the Eiffel Tower!

 

[natefaith]

Enjoy, Deb! So many good moments ahead of you....

If you have a chance to visit Musée D'Orsay I'd highly recommend it.
Take care and maybe see you here again. Buen Camino!
Faith

 

[MTtoCamino]

You guys would’ve laughed our heads off to see me getting messed up on the subway from the airport to my hotel! I stood on the wrong side of the platform. Good heavens, must stop following random people! Ha ha! Anyway, I’m in amazing Paris, and seeing the Eiffel tower for the first time just rocked me back on my heels. ... noon Paris time, and 3 AM my time at home. That means it’s time to go take a walk to the Eiffel Tower!

It is quite something going up at night as well. Be careful the city will make you want to stay

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Enjoy, Deb! So many good moments ahead of you....

If you have a chance to visit Musée D'Orsay I'd highly recommend it.
Take care and maybe see you here again. Buen Camino!
Faith

The Musee D'Orsay was my favorite art museum, too!

 

[natefaith]

The Musee D'Orsay was my favorite art museum, too!

Yes! When I'm feeling melodramatic I like to say it's my favorite museum in all the world!

Say hi to it for Chris and me, Deb!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

You guys would’ve laughed our heads off to see me getting messed up on the subway from the airport to my hotel! I stood on the wrong side of the platform. Good heavens, must stop following random people! Ha ha! Anyway, I’m in amazing Paris, and seeing the Eiffel tower for the first time just rocked me back on my heels. ... noon Paris time, and 3 AM my time at home. That means it’s time to go take a walk to the Eiffel Tower!

Yes, you almost have to pinch yourself to believe it's real that you are looking up at the Eiffel Tower after seeing pictures of it our whole lives.

As for getting to your hotel from the airport by yourself, I'm really impressed... "It's a jungle out there"!

 

[PloddingAlong]

I'm taking off tomorrow for Paris, and will be kicking around there for a few days (never been!) before then taking a train to Tournus.

My plan is then to fly from Lyon to Madrid, and from there, get to Pamplona and start a walk.

I've had a hard time planning this trip, for many reasons, but I'm very, very glad to be going!

Hope to see some of you out walking.

That is wonderful! I hope you enjoy Paris - beauty wrapped in history! I remember I flew into Paris prior to my first camino and decided to walk from Gare du Nord to Gare Montparnasse. I had 2 hours before my train left and thought it would be a great way to ease into my walk and see a little of Paris! What could go wrong? Well, I walked in exactly the wrong direction for the first half hour!! Ha! If you have several days, getting lost in Paris will be a fun thing to do!! Enjoy your trip and buen camino!

 

[PloddingAlong]

CaminoDebrita,

What a happy lady you must be as you travel to Paris for the first time as well as to follow another camino!

I wish you Bon voyage, Buen camino.

Be sure to check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.

When on the parvis or place facing the Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins and visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.

Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy it! As an American who has lived more than 35 years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all that time for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”

Godspeed and in the truest sense, Ultreia!

I have walked through those underground Roman ruins too! Incredible what is down there! The only reason why I initially even went was because the line to get in to Notre Dame was too long....what a surprise I found! So happy for the hordes who caused me to divert!

 

[rappahannock_rev]

I'm taking off tomorrow for Paris, and will be kicking around there for a few days (never been!) before then taking a train to Tournus.

My plan is then to fly from Lyon to Madrid, and from there, get to Pamplona and start a walk.

I've had a hard time planning this trip, for many reasons, but I'm very, very glad to be going!

Hope to see some of you out walking.

Ah, my.... Sitting on Paris' Petit Pont in the Summer of 1977 I underwent a profoundly meaningful 'spiritual awakening'. (Since that moment I have always thought well of Paris.) And from Paris I made a bee-line to Lourdes, and then on to SdeC -- good places to process such things.

Enjoy.

 

[domigee]

You guys would’ve laughed our heads off to see me getting messed up on the subway from the airport to my hotel! I stood on the wrong side of the platform. Good heavens, must stop following random people! Ha ha! Anyway, I’m in amazing Paris, and seeing the Eiffel tower for the first time just rocked me back on my heels. ... noon Paris time, and 3 AM my time at home. That means it’s time to go take a walk to the Eiffel Tower!

Enjoy Paris, I'll parody ET.....Hoooooooome

 

[Former member 49149]

It sounds like this will be very special for you. Wishing you the best time, and safe Camino.

 

[JohnMcM]

Are you blogging this one Debrita?

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Are you blogging this one Debrita?

I will get into my blog and see if it is easy to do that. Thank you for mentioning it!

 

[PEI_Heather]

Walk on, Camino sister, walk on!

(Man, I'm jealous! I wish I was there too!)

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

I'm jealous !!!!!!! Envious !!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to go !!!!!!!!!!!!

Buen Camino !!!!!!!!!!!