{"id":87125,"date":"2016-03-29T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T16:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/tourists-in-france\/"},"modified":"2016-04-15T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T19:15:07","slug":"tourists-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/tourists-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

F<\/span>irst breakfast and Lauds at Coraz\u00f3n Puro. Istv\u00e1n and Barbara drove us to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. We are in France!<\/p>\n

We stopped in at the pilgrims office for our orientation and map. Then to Boutique du Pelerin to pick up our new hiking poles and an Opinel (with a corkscrew, naturally).We walked up to the citadel – the medieval castle was apparently knocked down by the Spanish at some point, and a new bastion was built in the 17th century.<\/p>\n

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We had lunch in a very local Basque place and generally played tourist most of the afternoon. We’re planning on attending Mass at the little medieval church of Notre Dame du Pont later this evening. <\/p>\n

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(Originally posted to Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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