We had such a nice place to stay last night including a hot tub. I know, I know! “No self respecting pilgrim would stay somewhere with a hot tub!” And yet we did.
We started later this morning due to only 10 kms of walking to Cambrai. It was a very relaxed walk along water. We saw so much beauty. We walked a lot in silence because of the peace. It was nice to hear the ducks and swans and the occasional dog. We saw the martyr’s chapel. It wasn’t open.
We have been stopping in at city hall to get our stamps for our pilgrim passports. Today we stopped at Escaudœuvres, France city hall. The woman who put our stamp in our passports said she had never been asked to do this. We were the first. That was fun.
We stopped in the Aldi to see about getting provisions for dinner but decided to wait until we saw what was available at our accommodation. We started out of the store and had to have our backpacks checked just in case we took something. 😂
We hadn’t stopped at all so we were looking for a place to rest and get some lunch. We found an Italian restaurant which was delicious and reasonably priced.
As we walked through Cambrai we saw the signs of the camino…shells along the sidewalk. I can’t explain how excited I get when I see these signs. Then we passed by the office of Tourism and there was a shell and a sign in the window indicating how far it was to Santiago de Compostela!!! We thought maybe they would have a stamp. Helaas they were closed today.
We have another nice place to stay except the heat isn’t working well. We have our provisions for salad, soup and bread. And we are in for the night.
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