beaufortginnie

New Member From Beaufort, SC USA

Joined: Jan 5, 2025

Last seen: Today at 6:48 AM

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  beaufortginnie replied to the thread Canal du Midi.
  
  A few years ago I walked from Toulouse, a favorite city, to Carcassonne, which is no longer as much as a favorite because of "over-tourism." But this time I did get to stay in the Hotel du Cite , but only paid for the ordinary place, where my...
  
  Today at 4:20 AM
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  beaufortginnie reacted to Juspassinthru's post in the thread Canal du Midi with Like.
  
  I will be on the Canal du Midi in mid-May, not walking but on a boat. If anyone reading this will be walking (or boating) during that time, I’d love to swap tales.
  
  Today at 4:04 AM
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  beaufortginnie reacted to JustJack's post in the thread Any good podcasts / youtube videos about Spanish history? with Like.
  
  Here's a great one if you want to learn about the history of the camino Francis in the middle ages https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scholarly-pilgrim-history-of-the-camino-de-santiago/id1660316135
  
  Friday at 9:53 PM
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  beaufortginnie reacted to Damien Reynolds's post in the thread Any good podcasts / youtube videos about Spanish history? with Like.
  
  I used to not care. I just wanted to walk. Then I read "For Whom the Bell Tolls" while crossing the Pyrenees... I found that the historical/fictional perspective greatly enhanced the depth of my walks through the region that Hemingway described...
  
  Friday at 9:52 PM
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  beaufortginnie reacted to VNwalking's post in the thread BBC Podcast About Pilgrimage with Like.
  
  Over the New Year holiday I listened to this very nicely done podcast from the BBC about medieval pilgrimage. It was amusing to realize how completely familiar the medieval debates around pilgrimage were. Without the mods here, we'd likely be...
  
  Tuesday at 9:07 PM
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  beaufortginnie reacted to oursonpolaire's post in the thread Mozarabic Rite Mass Along the Camino? with Like.
  
  Before the pandemic, it was celebrated every month in Leon at the Basilica of San Isidoro, by priests from a small secular order serving a theological institute-- I have spent half an hour searching for details-- I think I posted on this years...
  
  Tuesday at 9:06 PM
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  beaufortginnie reacted to Rebekah Scott's post in the thread Mozarabic Rite Mass Along the Camino? with Like.
  
  It was celebrated several times each year in the "old" cathedral of Salamanca, at least up to the last few years. And once a year at the Mozarabic jewel at San Miguel de Escalada, on the Camino Vadiniense -- just a little north of Mansilla de las...
  
  Tuesday at 9:05 PM
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