St. James in Paris:
The routes to Santiago begin wherever you are in the world: out your own front door. In Europe, there are many routes, which have histories of their own. Dave and I will walk the route in Spain called the Camino Fraces, so called because it begins in St. Jean Pied de Port France, which is where three of the major routes through France connect to cross the mountains into Spain. In Paris, the Camino is marked by a mjajor road, the Rue St. Jacques, which was two blocks from our hotel, running by the Sorbonne. We visited the Tour St. Jacques, which is a tower that is all which remains of a large church, and Notre Dame Catheral, a central fixture for all who visit Paris, with a 850 year history. Built on an island in the river Seine, this enormous stone structure began its life when all who lived nearby were in mediaval huts. Imagine what it would be like, to enter a structure with towers stretching 10 stories up to the sky, when your own home would require you to stoop to enter the doorway.
re: St. James http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_James_the_Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques_Tower
The routes to Santiago begin wherever you are in the world: out your own front door. In Europe, there are many routes, which have histories of their own. Dave and I will walk the route in Spain called the Camino Fraces, so called because it begins in St. Jean Pied de Port France, which is where three of the major routes through France connect to cross the mountains into Spain. In Paris, the Camino is marked by a mjajor road, the Rue St. Jacques, which was two blocks from our hotel, running by the Sorbonne. We visited the Tour St. Jacques, which is a tower that is all which remains of a large church, and Notre Dame Catheral, a central fixture for all who visit Paris, with a 850 year history. Built on an island in the river Seine, this enormous stone structure began its life when all who lived nearby were in mediaval huts. Imagine what it would be like, to enter a structure with towers stretching 10 stories up to the sky, when your own home would require you to stoop to enter the doorway.
re: St. James http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_James_the_Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques_Tower
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