As I hobbled into Avenches I was admittedly feeling much less than spry and was earnestly hoping to smoothly & quickly find shelter there for the night. Sadly, neither the local Catholic church nor the tourist information office proved to be very pilgrim-friendly that day, and yet the receptionist of the latter did tell me […]
To be sure, I was consciously grateful every morning of my Walk; every morning knowingly thankful for being given yet another day to boldly spread the message of selfless service & self-sacrificial kindness. That having been said, there was always something extra-special about being allowed to start said morning with a cup of coffee and […]
After resting awhile in the Catholic church of Domdidier, I find it extremely difficult to flow onward, thanks to the Swiss “waymarker imps” who have once again resurfaced — having either posted Camino signs that led to dead-end after dead-end, or having posted no signs at all … 🙁 Eventually abandon looking for signs altogether […]
I’m still not sure how I did it (having reinjured myself in the village of Dompierre), and yet I managed to flow slowly yet smoothly all the way to the small city of Corcelles, where I proceeded to ask several locals about the location of the local Catholic church, and was repeatedly told — in […]
I head onwards towards Payern and am approaching the outskirts of town when a local resident — a nice young man named Gengis — sees me limping along and calls out to me from across the street, asking what I’m up to and wondering if I need any assistance. He hears the abbreviated tale of […]
I walked into Payern proper and the city, even though in reality only a modest-sized township, felt almost oppressively HUGE and admittedly a bit overwhelming. My dis-ease was very soon lessened, however, by an incredibly kind woman who went literally out of her way to get me to the Catholic church and the local tourist […]
It was raining pretty steadily on this particular morning when I woke and Marie Jose had to leave early to run some errands, and yet she told me to stay as long as I wished in her peaceful home to wait out the storm ( 🙂 ) … It didn’t take long for the showers […]
The rain slackened once more and I set out again on the road, only to be met by the second of this day’s many obstacles. And yet despite the sharp pain in my legs & hips that made traversing even the most meager of obstacles (like the fallen tree pictured below) difficult to overcome, I […]
While it is true that there were several days during The Walk that proved to be far more difficult overall, it is just as true that this particular day proved to be by far the most painful of all when it came to taking physical steps forward. My shin-splint was still acting up by sending […]
I hadn’t planned on napping at all during my Walk — even on days as painful as today. That said, when a bench is offered, take the opportunity to receive the gift thereof — to be in wonderment over the Beauty that surrounds you, to smile and warmly greet who pass nearby, indeed to be […]
I hobble-limp for several more miles all the way into the medieval-looking town of Lucens (a town with its own castle, no less!) and try to continue onward when the path becomes completely obscured by a large construction project — and the rains begin to fall heavily once more. I walk onward anyway and am […]
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