Chateau de Chazelles
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Le Puy, Aurilliac and the Gendarmes
... pear tart dish. All this washed down with s local red. Now it may no have been the best meal on the trip but it certainly was authentic and enjoyable and would definitely have again. So it's 4:15 in the morning and I'm woken from my slumber by an alarm, goes for about s minute then stops, two minutes later it starts again and sounds like a smoke alarm. I get up and investigate, everyone is awake, I can't smell any smoke yet the alarm keeps on going. I find ...
An unexpected bonus
... the official opening was followed by a parade past the town hall and many camps were set up in small squares around the town and in the main gardens. On the Thursday morning a market was being set up and many school groups were coming through to look at the sights, participate in medieval games, and generally having ...
Cheese and Wine on the Pilgrim Trail
... were the only English speakers in the small gathering and blundered through and received our "pilgrim's passport", the credencial is stamped with the official St. James stamp of each town or refugio at which the pilgrim has stayed. It provides you with access to pilgrims shelters and hostels along the route (as pilgrims on the route average accommodation was 13 Euro pp (A$17) and provides proof to the Pilgrim's Office ...
Table for two?
... and the ancient city centre is surrounded by these extraordinary medieval ramparts. It is not often one sees so much of them still in tact, and these are more interesting than most as they are not flat, but decorated.
It is sometimes called the "city of Popes" as so many popes and anti popes (whatever they are when they are at home) hung out there during the Catholic schism from 1309 to 1423.
Other points of interest are that Mireille Mathieu was ...
Deus via est.....
In a few weeks, I will be ready. Ready to go. Breaking out. It is a wonderful feeling to realize to have a unlimited freedom. On the 14th of may 2012, I will be heading for Le-Puy-en-velay in France. First I travel by train: Freiburg a.B.-Geneve-Lyon-St Etienne,Le-Puy-en-velay. On Ascension Day, the 17th of may 2012, my journey continues by foot, heading for Santiago de Compostella. It is ...
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