Saint-Come d'Olt - EstaingHospitalite St-JaquesThis place was more religious than a convent! Gord and I had to rely on the language barrier to explain our multiple social gaffs at this Gite. In spite of our mistakes at dinner we met a great group of travelers and had...

Saint-Chely-de Aubrac - Saint Come d'Olt ( 153km)

Nasbinals to Saint-Chely-de Aubrac (133Km)Gorgeous hiking day today. We hiked up over a pass at 1313 meters to the town of Aubrac before plunging down to Saint-Chely-de-Aubrac. On route we stopped at this lovely stone shelter created for the pilgrims and supplied...

Les Quatre Chemins - Nasbinals ( 116km)Hotel de FranceThe rolling hills have transformed into a more austere stony meadowland full of blueberries and wildflowers.

Aumont-Aubrac-Les Quatre Chemins ( 100km )We stayed at the local watering hole of Chez Regine.We left Albi after a wonderful and healing side trip and returned to Aumont-Aubrac to start walking again. It was fantastic to be back on the Camino.

Today we hopped on a train and bus to visit Albi the center of the Cathar Heretics and the home of the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum.

Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole to Aumont-Aubrac (89)kmHotel AubracAnother day sipping espressos and resting my feet waiting for Gord to meet up with me after his walk.

Saugues to Saint-Alban-Sur-Limagnole (72.5km)Stayed at the Chambre d'Hotes of Mr. et Mme Soubiran- Peyridieu.Gord made some good mileage today as I rested my feet in the Malle Postale baggage transport van. We have climbed up onto the Aubrac now and spring has just...

Monstrol D'Allier to Saugues ( 40km) We stayed at the lovely family dairy farm Martins Itier. Each day the scenery is different, but always stunning. We climbed up to a high plateau dotted with tiny towns. My feet need a rest until the blisters pop, heal or both.

Day 2 Montbonnet to Monistrol d'Allier ( 28km)We stayed at La Tasbone where we celebrated our anniversary with our new Camino Friends Claudine, Pierre, Marie, Patricia, Karine, Maude & Valérie !!!!The celebration included the arrival of Claudine and Pierre's...

Day 1 Le Puy-En-Velay to Montbonnet (15km) Stayed at Le Gite L'EscoleIn Montbonnet we met Claudine and Pierre, Quebequois from Montreal. We had a great evening with Pierre translating as needed as we dusted off our shaky French. We also met three lovely French women...

We spent more time in Le Puy-en Velay than we had planned while we waited for our lost luggage to arrive. It helped to build the dramatic tension before heading out on Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle. My parents met up with us there for a few days of overlap...