The World Cup in France
At the village of Chely d’Aubrac, I arrived to the communal “gite”. David Vigoreaux invited me for a beer at the bar next door, and another pelerin joined us the conversation. We shared pictures, when I said I loved the wild flowers this morning, and I showed the pictures. He said to me, hold on, he went to the bar and brought me a liquor made with the flowers. I loved it. It run though all my body at the first sip. (You can see pictures, when you click on my instagram account on this page.)
There were many challenges yesterday: cows, oxen, gates to open, gates to close, more rocks, and thorns. No much water to drink, and my feet looked like turkey legs from the state fair.
I thought all day that we should have a hike trail like this at home. Starting a St. Joseph, of course, visiting all the city parks, with challenging paths like the ones here, oh yes the real deal! Rocks, creeks, cows, goats, hills- big hills, ascending descending… from Louisville to The Abbey of Gethsemane in Nelson County. Visiting each one of the big parks in the city, passing by 4th and Chesnut (Merton revelation site). And visiting Bullitt Co, Berhain Forest, Spencer County by the lake, and hiring toward Nelson Co to Thomas Merton Resting Place. The “pelerins” must visit get a stamp in each 20 km at a sacred place that at the abbey the can receive the final note. It is a crazy idea, but we have all the infrastructure in place.
Oh, the World Cup! We met at a local bar in the center of the plaza with the rooster monument, the whole village met there. It was too small, but a lot of fun. We cheered every goal. The little bar was shaking the a couple times you can hear the glasses of beer breaking on the floor. Kids played all around, all young couples in the village. The old ones watched from home. French flags were in display from the windows, and fireworks like ladybugs were seen during the night. The game was at 5pm.
There was a concert at 9pm. A choir from Quebec, Canada was in town. I told all my new friends that I need to go back to the “gite”. I needed to massage my swollen feet. I felt sleep. No concert for me that night.