New Friends & Old

24 September 2023

Leaving Chartres and heading back to Paris means the beginning of saying farewell to new friends and old. Many of you will recognise these people:

Malcolm Miller still gives fabulous tours, teaching us to read the windows of the cathedral in Chartres.
Yves greeted us with flowers and songs
Lunch with Laura who was also in Chartres this week.
Long time labyrinth friends from Veriditas
Those who have dined with me at Maison Verlaine will remember this favourite waiter who is always happy to make sure my meal is sans gluten.
And who could forget the wonderful Hotel Esmeralda or my friend and pilgrim companion, Lisa, who features in so many of my international adventures?
Un lapin de Paris

You may have noticed the I have not featured my fellow pèlerines in these photos and stories. Pilgrimage can be intensely personal in often unexpected ways so I wanted to protect their privacy. Let me just say that I have travelled in wonderful company these past ten days and I feel blessed to have spent time with each and every one of them.