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Informationen zum Autor David Downie has called Paris and the Marais home since 1986. He has written for over 50 publications worldwide including Bon Appétit! The Los Angeles Times! Town & Country Travel! The San Francisco Chronicle ! epicurious.com! and Salon.com. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Paris! Paris: Journey into the City of Light ! three Terroir guides! as well as several cookbooks and crime novels. He lives with his wife! Alison Harris! a photographer! and creates custom tours via his "Paris! Paris Tours" blog site: http://parisparistours.blogspot.com/ Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises David Downie and his wife set out from Paris to walk across France to the Pyrenees. Starting on the Rue Saint-Jacques then trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes 72 days on Roman roads and pilgrimage paths-a 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela-"The Way" for short. The object of any pilgrimage is an inward journey manifested in a long, reflective walk. For Downie, the inward journey met the outer one: a combination of self-discovery and physical regeneration. More than 200,000 pilgrims take the highly commercialized Spanish route annually, but few cross France. Downie had a goal: to go from Paris to the Pyrenees on age-old trails, making the pilgrimage in his own maverick way. 32 pages of color photographs by Alison Harris. Zusammenfassung Part adventure story! part cultural history! this “enjoyably offbeat travelogue” explores the phenomenon of the spiritual pilgrimage ( Booklist ). Driven by curiosity! wanderlust! and health crises! Downie and his wife walk across Paris on the old pilgrimage route Rue Saint-Jacques then trek about 750 miles south to Roncesvalles! Spain. The eccentric route would take 72 days on Roman roads and The Way of Saint James! the 1!100-year-old pilgrimage network leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater in Spain. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela - The Way for short. The object of any pilgrimage is an inward journey manifested in a long! reflective walk. For Downie! the inward journey meets the outer one. More than 20!000 pilgrims take the highly commercialized Spanish route annually! but few cross France. Downie had a goal: to go from Paris to the Pyrenees on age-old trails! making the pilgrimage in his own maverick way. ...
