Paris to the Pyrenees

by David Downie

Book Overview

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 and trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes seventy-two days on Roman roads and pilgrimage paths--a 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater. For Downie, the inward journey met the outer one: a combination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605985562
• ISBN13: 9781605985565
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"