Montrèal, France…
I started at 7am. Annie, from Bordeaux,my roommate woke up a 5:30am like me, but it was raining hard. She went back to bed. Chris woke up at 6:00 and the rain stopped. I drank my bottle of water, and started the day. Because of the rain, there was a lot of mud. It was not fun taking it out of the sandals several times. By the 10 km started to rain again. I put my rain coat on, but I was more wet inside because the heat that because the rain.
When I arrived to the city of Condom, What? Yes, you read it, CONDOM is a city in France, the rain had stopped. I entered the first bakery and bought a sandwich and coffee. I saved half of the sandwich for lunch.
I kept walking, with a good speed. At 2pm, I arrived to my destination for the day: Montreal, Fr. It is small village, and there is a village party tonight. The town is getting full right now.
I got to my gite, and took a shower, washed my cloths, and went shopping for Sunday and Monday food. Nothing is opened those days. A potato, can of shrimps, rice bag, orange, candies -hehehe, a beer, and a can of calamari. I need a lot of protein…
Before my arrival to Condom, I met Oliver. He is from the Czech Republic. He has been walking for 3months, 1 day on his way to Santiago. I passed me very fast. I entered the city of Condom, and Chris was having a coffee in the main plaza. The city was full of young people. There is a tennis tournament going on for a week. A priest walking by the middle of the street passed by me. I am sure he was from another exFrench colony in Africa, as all the priests that I have met. I entered the main church took picts, went to the tourism office and got my stamp, and leave town as I entered at light speed.
During shopping in Montreal, Oliver invited me for dinner. He cooked a Czech pasta dish for Chris, he and me. It was delicious.
Before dinner, I went for a city walk. The local church was opened, and emptied. I was in the need to pray. I went to the blessed sacrament, and chanted some repetitive scripture phrases. After an hour, I felt energized!
Well now I have to go to the street party. It is good to taste the flavor of town.