{"id":29,"date":"2012-08-30T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gypsypilgrimjourney.wordpress.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2012-08-30T19:43:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:43:00","slug":"in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2012\/08\/30\/in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"In Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St. Jacques at the \u00c9glise St. Jacques de Haut Pas, Paris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It’s 5:30 pm Paris time. I have just returned to the hostel after several hours of wandering through the city. I had registered at the hostel at noon and was able to leave my backpack in storage until I was able to access my room for the night. I took my camera and important papers with me while I did the first part of my pilgrimage. I walked from the hostel near the Basilique Sacre Coeur to the Cath\u00e9drale Notre Dame where I got my pilgrim passport stamped. I stopped for a while in the Cathedral and sat in a pew. It was my first moment of sitting still since leaving the plane early this morning. This is real, I am really in Paris and doing this. And unexpectantly, silent tears coursed down my cheeks. Were they tears of joy or tears of missing my life at home. I had left the known for the unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had already received my first stamp at the hostel. On the way to the Cathedral, I passed by the Tour St. Jacques, the site where most pilgrimages from Paris began. From the Cathedral, I crossed the Seine River to walk down Rue St. Jacques. I had mentally transported myself to sometime in the middle ages when going on a pilgrimage was a common event, following in the footsteps of the many who had walked this way before. I reached the \u00c9glise St. Jacques de Haut Pas where once again, I got my passport stamped. And then I retraced my way back to the hostel Le Village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just before I logged on to write this post, I checked my email to find one from my wife. Her email gave me a smile. Tomorrow I will be leaving Paris to reach Le Puy en Velay where I will officially begin the pilgrimage. I need a good sleep as I couldn’t sleep on the plane and had poor sleeps for a few days before leaving Canada. A final note, I somehow got a blister walking down the hot streets of Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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