Going on a walkabout....

So that Stuart has something to read.... Melanie & I are heading out to our little walk on 28 August. The current plan has us arriving in Paris early on the 29th, taking the train down to Bayonne near Bordeaux. The next day we'll take another train to St Jean de Pied de Port in the Pyrenees - the starting point for the walk. We'll finish getting over jetlag there – hopefully - and start the walk on 1 September. From then on, it will be about an average 25km (15 miles) every day until 1 October until we get to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northwest Spain. We’ll stay in hostels every night so I don’t expect to sleep much. If all goes to plan, we'll celebrate Mom & Dad's anniversary at the pilgrim's mass in the Cathedral within spitting distance of St. James’ bones. That should be good for some time off for good behavior in purgatory. A couple of days later, we'll fly back to Singapore and plan to be here by 5 October. If there is the ability and internet access, I'll post some updates on Facebook as to where we are. If you haven't heard of The Camino, watch the movie “The Way” by Emilio Estevez & Martin Sheen. It’s a pretty good movie by itself but it also tells a fair amount about the Camino. Wikipedia will give the facts about the 775km walk but it doesn’t give the essence. Actually, I could not do it justice either but I hope to soon. Love to all and congratulations to the swimming Blanchards who appear to have kicked major butt in the Trophy Meet. Neil’s first place finish was stunning but just led the pack that caused Jaime & Levelle to have to rent a trailer just to get all the silverware home.