We made it over the Pyrenees mountains today! Day 5 of walking delivered the goods: grazing wild horses, delicate wildflowers, patches of glistening snow & expansive views.
I’ve been walking in a group with Anne, Aidan, Harry, and Caroline since Anne and I started our walk April 1st from Oloron-sainte-marie, France. The first day dished us a ridiculous amount of mud; got rid of that new shoe look in no time! We ended up in a charming, tiny town (2 restaurants, 15 houses, and a church kind of tiny) for Easter evening. Since the town didn’t have a grocery store I loaded up with a 1€ baguette from a baguette vending machine…I love you France.
The next day we strolled through miles of rolling farmland. Waving to happy, healthy cows helped me justify giving up veganism for this walk. We passed rams, sheep, donkeys, horses, and chickens. This made for a wonderful aroma, as you could imagine. These sights and smells accompanied us on our walk for the next couple days.
Tuesday we had a long day walking hill after hill after hill under an intense sun. We also hadn’t seen Anne since the morning & other pilgrims on the trail had no word of her. We were limping every step the last hill, and going a little crazy. Moral was running low, but when we got into town we were welcomed into the guest house on a picturesque farm- equipped with 1 safe Anne and 3 farm dogs wiggling for affection and ogling our dinner. As much as I wanted to love them up, their layer of cow-poop smell was enough to keep me away. It was still the best reward after a long day walking.