![]() The two Montrealers wanted to get their children involved in the planning, but the kids did not know enough about different countries to pick specific destinations. " a gift from fate," said Lemay on their Instagram page. When the company was sold, he used the money to fund the trip. Pelletier had shares at the company where he worked. Since that day, they've been trying to fill their children's memories with indelible moments and colourful images of the world. Sébastien and I said: 'Let's go see the giraffes and elephants in person.'" "She told us: 'You could look in books at pictures of giraffes and elephants so that when they are blind, they will have an image," said Lemay.Īnd that's when she and her husband had an epiphany. There were not many resources available, so she met with a specialist from her children's school board. I’m looking forward to checking out these books.Edith and Sebastien took the children on a hot air balloon trip in Capadoccia, Turkey for Laurent's birthday. I have asked the Auckland Council Library to buy the Parts 2 and 3 of Sandy Brown’s guide book for the VF and I know that they will do so. I am mentoring three New Zealanders who were planning to do the VF before the Covid pandemic scuttled their plans and I want them to have a really good guide book. ![]() She’s also using SloWays so that is helping her. I am currently supporting an Australian woman walking the VF and she is using the Lightfoot guides and finding them a chore. I didn’t like the Lightfoot guides because they were so filled with minutiae that I knew I wouldn’t see the scenery other than the ‘ditch on the right’, the ‘house with the red roof’, or whatever. The format he has adopted is similar to that of Alison Raju, whose guide book I used when I walked the VF in 2016. So I’m feeling very positive about his Via Francigena books. Some days we came close to covering two pages in a single day! ![]() When I walked the route with a friend in 2013 we quickly realised the issue with Brierley book so we walked more than a page each day as we were marathon runners at the time and therefore fitter than almost anyone else on the Camino. Would you please pass on to Sandy Brown my congratulations and thanks for such a walker-friendly book. I like especially the advice to overnight partway through a stage (P28) to avoid competing with everyone for accommodation. I have to hand from our Auckland public library a copy of Sandy Brown’s guide to the Camino de Santiago. This two-part guidebook and map book provide an abundance of advice on planning and preparation, sample itineraries and detailed information that allows complete customisation of the Camino, making this an ideal guidebook for all pilgrims walking the Camino Frances. The small size allows you to keep the map book in an accessible pocket for use throughout the day. The accompanying map book offers detailed, stage-by-stage maps and profiles of the route as well as over 120 town and village maps that helps you find the exact location of accommodation and other sites important to pilgrims. Over 500 of these pilgrim lodgings are listed within this guidebook, including all public and private albergues, with contact details and a description of facilities available. Each section is broken down into detailed stages with easily customisable start and finish points due to the amount of accommodation available en route. The 2022 printing has completely updated accommodation listings and a beautiful, new cover image.ĭivided into 6 sections, the guidebook includes an additional section from Santiago de Compostela to Finisterre and Muxia on the Galician coast. NEW SECOND PRINTING: This two-volume set of guidebook and map book makes an indispensable companion to planning and walking the 784km Camino Frances pilgrim route from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela.
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