ParisWe made it to Paris, and what a beautiful day. We checked into our hotel and explored the city. Of course in Paris you must have duck confit, and that was lunch. We walked a lot and just hung out in multiple cafes and drank some champagne.
We walked by Norte Dame and were quite saddened by the devastation of the fire two years ago, but also uplifted by the amount of work completed so far to restore it. We will never forget a service we attended there in 2001. We were in Paris and it was the Friday after 9/11, and we attended a mass in memory of those that died. It meant so much to us that Paris was mourning with the United States. Greg’s grandmother died on 9/11 (in Spokane, not Manhattan), and he lit a candle in her memory. The service was a moment of peace, love, and unity in a beautiful and historic building. Thankfully, it is on the road to recovery. We walked 7.5 miles today and hope to get another day with miles in tomorrow. 4 days to go to the big hike!
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An Observer
8/23/2021 12:37:00 am
Greg’s a poser.
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Bernard B
8/24/2021 01:58:10 pm
Thanks for this daily update, J & G. I’m loving it. I looked at the images before reading the blog, so when I saw the portrait of you two I thought “well that artist shaved off 20 years”...and then I read the blog and voila...it was done 20 years ago. Well played, gentlemen...well played.
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AuthorsGreg and James live in Pleasanton in Northern California and are on a pilgrimage on the Camino De Santiago in Spain. Their adventures are captured in this blog. Archives
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