Why I have had to abandon my attempts to complete the Via Francigena pilgrimage - Bill Carmichael
Some readers may recall that about a month ago I set off from Canterbury in Kent intent on walking to Rome, a distance of ...
The New Yorker5d
The City Where Paint Became Art
The Met’s new exhibition on Siena—the first of its kind in America—shows how the possibilities of strange, colorful ooze ...
MND: There has to be ‘an acceptance, a letting go and, dare I say, a surrender’
Kevin Carroll, ambassador for this year’s Walk While You Can fundraising event for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease ...
The Strategic Role of Blue Economy in Lazio's Development
The blue economy for Lazio is a truly strategic lever. Our region, with its 383 km of coastline facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, is ...
The Way1d
Camino de Santiago Forum
Leading off from another thread, which will remain anonymous, I am curious to know when they started playing the bagpipes in the archway leading into the Praza do Obradoiro. They certainly weren´t ...
Catholic News Agency2d
Via Lucis (Way of the Light)
Reflection: Let us walk this pilgrimage of faith, the Via Lucis, as daughters and sons of the light and as witnesses of the Risen Lord. Let us meditate upon the resurrection of Christ and discover ...
Switzerland2d
Tête-Noire Gorge
Shortly after the Valais village of Trient, on the road to Chamonix, a loop will take you to the mysterious gorges of Tête-Noire. Created in 1884, the path leads down into the forest via steep stone ...
Switzerland2d
Great St. Bernard Pass and its dogs
The Alpine pass and the legendary Great St. Bernard Hospice symbolise the hospitality shown by the monks to travellers over the centuries. Barry, the large and good-natured St. Bernard dog, is famous ...