It all depends….stay tuned for the rest of this story.

We left Vezelay by way of the Cathedral which meant going way up and way down to get out of Vezelay. The morning started clear and beautiful and then a mist/fog settled all around the area.

Our first stop was in Saint Père to get groceries for the next few days. We are staying two days again due to not being able to find other accommodation until Thursday. Our hosts for tonight offered to meet us in Saint Père to pick up our groceries and take them to our lodging. Super nice.

And then we are off again. Found an open church in Saint Père. It is being restored. Very interesting architecture.

Today was a challenge. The difference between google and the official route was over 6 kms. The height meters were intense. And the terrain a bit rough.

So back to how does a pilgrim cross a rushing creek? Again it depends…

One pilgrim carefully steps on stones/logs and finds footing, carefully taking each step not to slip, using poles to balance and makes it across.

The other pilgrim watches the first pilgrim and decides to slosh through the ankle deep water.

Funny thing we had to do this twice. And each pilgrim approached it the same way as before.

Can you guess who was careful and who sloshed?

The vistas and landscapes were so beautiful today. For the most part Vezelay was covered in fog but at one point we could look back and see the cathedral, absolutely beautiful.

The last climb down and back up was 12% descent and the climb up was at least that or more.

Although today was super challenging it was a very good day. I think the rest days really help.

Hope you are well!!

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