Bienvenue en France
And so another adventure begins! This time, I'm starting with my oldest son Jake as we begin a westward walk for a week or so along the GR 65, about 70 km east of where I began my Camino last year. We will hike together for a while then he will reposition to Spain to walk the GR 11 from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean along and through the Spanish Pyrenees. I plan on repositioning to Switzerland to begin my route heading south along the Via Francigena into Italy. While Jake has a very set plan, I will be ‘winging it’ much more than my past Caminos and taking ample time to smell the roses. I will concentrate more on the adventure rather than maintaining a daily blog.
On July 31st we started with a train from Ottawa to Montreal, a flight to Paris, and the TGV (très grande vitesse) to Lyon. The TGV regularly hit almost 300 km/h - pretty cool. We were met in Lyon by my good friend Clément whom I met on day one of my last Camino. Such a great pleasure to see him again. He gave us a thorough tour of the city which ended at a restaurant where my other good friend Lucie worked. To be reunited with both of them was absolutely wonderful as they are such amazing people. Dinner, drinks and conversation joyfully filled the remainder of the day.
Today, Aug 2nd, we reposition to Bourg-Argental, a small village along the GR 65, to begin our journey on foot tomorrow. My posts will be random and intermittent but I will endeavour to give you a taste of our adventure. Living large takes a lot of work!
