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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 9: Meditations on the Fabled Porch (Narthex) and Nave of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene in Vezelay

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 9: Meditations on the Fabled Porch (Narthex) and Nave of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 8: The Friends of Compostela at Vézelay, and the Rebirth of the Modern Pilgrimage Route

Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 8: The Friends of Compostela at Vézelay, and the Rebirth of the Modern Pilgrimage Route  …

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Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques

 Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques These blog posts are taken directly from my…

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Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 5 To Vézelay from Sermizelles (not a disease)

 Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 5 To Vezelay from Sermizelles (not a disease)   These blog posts are taken directly from…

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Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 4 to To Vezelay on a Toy Train

 Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 4 to To Vezelay on a Toy Train   These blog posts are taken directly from…

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Paris to the Pyrenees at the American Library in Paris: Book Event June 26

  Please come to the latest event to mark the publication of my travel adventure-memoir, Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, Ancient Gaul, and Vercingetorix the Chief

Anyone who thinks the modern French are not still obsessed by the tragiheroic figure of Vercingetorix ought to think again. This is the guy who…

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BonjourParis.com, Janet Hulstrand reviews Paris to the Pyrenees

  It's not often that I share a lede and link to a review of one of my books, but this one is so outstanding…

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Vezelay, Mary Magdalene, Hedonism and Pilgrimage

  If you've been following this blog you know that when Alison Harris and I set out to cross France we started in Vezelay (well,…

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