D’Estaing is a beautiful village.
It has its perks too. 90 degree 🥵 and an outside swimming pool. I could not resist.
The video shows just how lush and beautiful the countryside is, when the terrain is OK. Of course the video was shot in the fog and lower temperatures – low 80s. Today it was 92 and tomorrow 95. I will take the bus tomorrow because I will not walk in the hills when it hits 90. Likewise with the bad terrain I will not go into the hills when it is raining.
This village has a large Chateau that was owned by the D’Estaign family. They were aristocrat’s, which was not a good thing back in the 1790s. This D’Estaing guy had a thing for Maria Antoinette. When she went on trial D’Estaing stood up for her. Of course Maria lost her head and D’Estaing followed soon after to Madame Guillotine. Brutal back then. Those were not to good ole 😕 days.
The village was also the birthplace and home of Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the President of France from 1974 until 1981. Interesting stuff.
My gite last night. A converted church. Best one so far on this trip.
Interesting thing about this walk is that the majority of pilgrims are women. Very few men. Why I don’t walk in the heat? Yesterday two women had to be rescued due to heat exhaustion 😩 . Another one of my girlfriends sprained her ankle on the terrible terrain. Her Camino is over. Sucks bigly. Here is one for Katie:
Johnnie…out.