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Way of Saint James Monument 3
Hora fugit ambulat peregrinus An amazing ad for a chocolate brand that doesn't exist any more ! Salvador Dali says "I'm crazy" ! But he was not insane : for a friend he designed a sundial on a house in Paris. The artwork faces the south and is on the...
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Bronze signs ... at Talence, near Bordeaux France
On the Paris Way, you'll walk across cities like Chartres or Orléans, Tours, Poitiers, Saintes, and Bordeaux. Leaving Bordeaux, you will enter Talence, a town with a university. On the Way of Saint James atTalence Photo Marie-Céline Lachaud Talence has...
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Chartres a cathedral on the Paris Way of St James
60 miles (ca 100 km) only from Paris to Chartres, i.e. four days on foot, one day and a half on a bicycle. And an amazing arrival ! The nave has been compared to a ship sailing on an ocean of wheat fields so many times ... The city of Chartres is like...
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Virginie and friends in Poland 9 to Santiago
September 7, 2010 in the evening Here are other pictures from beautiful Wroclaw : The Odra river at Wroclaw Photo VB Wishing padlocks from former addicts ? Photo VB National Museum of Fine Arts Photo VB The cathedral Photo VB In memery of a monk, Angelus...
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On the Way of St James : Châteaudun
Coming from Paris on the Way of St james, about 50 km south of Chartres, an impressive stop : Châteaudun. © CDT 28 Photos Danielle Lopez and © CDT28 According to the dictionnaries of symbols, in dreams and in reality fortresses and castles are the symbols...
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A Palace or a Château on the Way of St James ?
Winter pilgrim, who walked three to four days from Paris, enjoy your luck ! On the Way of St james, after the pretty church of Gazeran and before St Hilarion's, through the bare branches in the naked forest, you may see, on your right, a white palace,...
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Julia Cameron walking and Santiago
A mouvement for meditation Photo J F F Have you ever read "The artist's Way, A spiritual Path to Higher Creativity" by Julia Cameron ? The French translation of that best-seller does exist. It would be silly to try to translate it again from French to...
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Europa Compostela Gets To Chartres
July 12, 2010 From Epernon to Chartres : 30 km. Far away before Chartres the two spires of the Cathedral can be seen. Splendour of Gothic, smiles on stone and cast iron... Photos Virginie Balus The batons are transmitted to the Chartres pilgrims. Photos...
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a walking stick for the paris way of saint james
A few weeks ago, you were shown the spectacular view of the presentation of a "bourdon" in front of the Nidaros cathedral. This picture is the following event : Photo : Roland Martinet On april 28, 2010, in Strasbourg, France, during the launching of...
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Europa Compostela departure from Paris
July 8, 2010. The Europa Compostela group in front of the Saint Jacques du Haut Pas church. You will notice : bourdons, backpacks, hiking shoes, the name of the street, the general good mood and ... one scallop shell. Photo Compostelle 2000 The bicycles...
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Pilgrims from Paris take care of disabled
Today's message from Spain : "Arrival and picnic for the whole party at the Cruz de Ferro. Everything OK". The Way of Saint James is impossible for the disabled ... unless other pilgrims help them. Since 1999, Compostelle 2000 the Paris association organizes...
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Europa Compostela south of Paris
July 9, 2010. Soon you will see a map of the Paris region and realize that south of the City of Light you may have a choice to make : Orléans or Chartres. Both ways are interesting and each town has its own local non profit organisation which for Europa...
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On the steps of the Santiago pilgrims in Paris
Walks through Paris a book by Sophie Martineaud A very handy guide about all the traces of the camino in Paris. Shells, schields, walking sticks are still to be seen on many monuments of the Capital town of France. 4 walks lead you from Saint Jacques...
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Concert in Paris France about the way of st james
The Way of Saint James is in Paris The pilgrims really do walk across the city of light. On june 25, 2010, they could even hear beautiful music. A major concert is to be held in the gorgeous gothic St Gervais church between Le Marais and Hôtel de Ville...
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The Camino del Norte on the Way of St James
Vidéo Once you've made it to the south-west of France, once in Spain, which route should you take ? Good question. One must make the right decision. The simplest, the most unusual, the hardest, the most lonely solution is to walk along the coast, in the...
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Twisted bell towers on the Paris Way of St James
An enigma ? Jodoigne in Belgium : Sainte Marie church France has the biggest number of twisted towers in Europe : 35 out of 79. The Paris Way has two of them. The first one is at Jodoigne, in Belgium, about 330 km (200 miles) from Paris. The town with...
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From America to Santiago de Compostela Paris
Luce and Daniel What a nice visit at Compostelle 2000 this morning ! The Paris association received two pilgrims from America : Luce and Daniel left Montreal three days ago to walk from the French capital to Santiago de Compostela on the Way of St James....
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The Way of St James in Brussels, Belgium (2)
Monumental Brussel, Belgium, on the Way of St James on one side Photo J F F Today's pilgrims have now a waymarked path thru the streets of Brussels. That's what a previous post explained. Even better : at the exit of the old city they can dream of Santiago...
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Abbeys and chateaux along the Paris Way of St James
Before Chartres, Vendômois and the Loire Chateaux Early sight : Sceaux, from the Way of St James Photo JFF A trail of abbeys and chateaux, that should be the other name of the Paris Way of St James via Chartres ! In 3 or 4 days, you'll admire (in the...
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Walking-Marching november 2011 Music and wine
Ground level (See the previous post about the november 26, 2011 Paris-Montrouge) La Marque Jaune (photo Claire Ladiré) Galician welcome drink, picnic in the sun, free coffee, a speech by the author of a book about the Paris Way of St James and arrival...
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Paris Way of St James E2i After the 2nd lecture
Movement, meditation and emotion Photo André Weill On June 24, 2011 at Le Perreux near Paris, France, André Weill gave a fascinating lecture. Previous post about it. After Santiago de Compostela in Spain, and several other itineraries, André Weill walked...
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Bronze signs... walking-marching again in Paris
Remember : a year ago, Compostelle 2000, the Paris "association" organised a walk through the French Capital City. The Sunday walks usually gather 30 to 80 people. From Saint Denis to the St Jacques subway station, in december 2010 the number of walkers...
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A pilgrim passport : the credencial
First step In a previous post an old style credecial was mentioned. What about today ? The name comes from the Spanish word el credencial, and it seems it's the same in every single country. You will need that extra passport. Not to cross the borders,...
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Way of St James Walking through Paris
Follow the guide On the Paris way of St James So many traces of the Santiago pilgrims in Paris ! On less than six miles, you will find : - a church dedicated to St James and St Christopher, patron saint of the travellers, - the former home of abbots....
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Walking-marching 2011 a sunny stop
Stop in the middle of Paris, Left Bank, at the St Séverin cloister, on the Way of St James. (have a look at the previous post about the same walk from Paris to Montrouge on november 26, 2011) Sunshine at noon for the picnic stop. Seems the sun was also...