Grounded

  15:00, March 30, 2020. By now, Gail and I would have departed on our flight from Winnipeg to Paris, via Montreal. Tomorrow we would have walked the streets of Paris. The following day would have taken us by train to Laon. And, after a day there, a short train ride would have taken us... Continue Reading →

Walking to Rome: Day Six on the Chaucer Way

This is the final day of our brief pilgrimage from London to Canterbury. The Chaucer Way has taken us from the most urban of places, through its suburban spread and, from there, through quaint rural villages replete with half-timbered, thatched-roof cottages and flint-walled churches before bursting once more into the cultural and spiritual city of... Continue Reading →

Walking to Rome: Winnipeg

It starts in Canterbury. Gail and I will leave its cathedral, head south, cross the English Channel, traverse France, climb Switzerland's Great Saint Bernard Pass, continue south through Italy and finally arrive on the doorstep of the Vatican. This is the ancient pilgrimage route known as the Via Francigena, a path roughly following Sigeric, Archbishop... Continue Reading →

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