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  • 509. Busy with the Basics

    There’s times when feelings go into overdrive. It’s the basics: Food? Which Route? Weather? Next lodging? The Next Human Contact? Believe it or not, In this land of Michelin restaurants,… Read more

  • 508. Making Friends with an Old Aquaintance

    Granted, the above is not the prettiest sight! For the first 8-9 days my body grumbles. A small blister on the left foot; a small blister on the right foot.… Read more

  • 507. Host Friends on the Via Francigena

    Walking the Via Francigena is different from other excursions in many ways. One of the differences is that I meet a number of home owners, “ostello” (hostel) owners, and guest… Read more

  • 506. Arrivals

    Arrivals! Me suis arrive en France!! Yeah!! I have hoped for this arrival. I am concerned about walking the miles to reach the ferry; I am concerned because the website… Read more

  • 505. Canterbury, more

    I simply love Canterbury, especially the Cathedral. I remember one Christmas Eve that our family decided to take an impromptu trip to Canterbury Cathedral. During a family Christmas vacation to… Read more

  • 504. Canterbury

    Departures. “When April with his showers sweet with fruit, the drought of March has pierced… then do folk long to go on pilgrimage… Of England they do Canterbury wend, there… Read more

  • 503. Departures

    I wish that I could remember my first trip. No, not a trip to a different city, not even a trip to a different country (I can remember that trip… Read more

  • 502. The Via Francigena’s Geography

    “At bottom, mountains, like all wildernesses, challenge our complacent conviction – so easy to lapse into – that the world has been made for humans by humans. Most of us… Read more

  • 500. The Via Francigena

    Saturday, April 15th, is fast approaching. That day, I’ll be flying to London, then training to Canterbury. I’ve been able to book the cheapest room in the “annex” of the… Read more

  • 417. Sigeric’s Rome

    I wonder: what would Sigeric have seen and experienced when he entered Rome? As we see some of Imperial Rome’s remaining buildings and structures, so also he would have seen… Read more

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