Roncesvalles

Today we received several emails and texts from our American Pilgrim.....

She was under Pierre umbrellas drinking refreshments in Roncesvalles with free Wifi.  She wrote last night's alburgue was an old prison.  She was aware of the tired Pilgrims who snored, but witnessed it first hand so much that she slept outside. haha

Tonight she is Roncesvalles as the 'wife of the Alburgue'.  She is sharing a 4 bunkbed cubicle room with a Father and son from Montana and her new friend David from the UK.    She noted that there is a strict 10pm lights out and will venture out in the morning.

She declared that yesterday's walk was the most difficult one thus far... (her first real day ;-)
So hopefully she will rest up for her trip to Pamplona.

For the home front, juggling weekend work and Mr. Mom duties is quite a handful but manageable since the kiddos are sooooo understanding and wonderful.  They miss their Mom but have occupied themselves making love notes and drawings for her return.   I provide them with a nightly update of what I receive from Neve and they are fully aware of her where abouts on her pilgrimage.

We are slowly cleaning the houseday by day and I am working on the yard in my 'free' time......

hopefully we'll get an update in the morning since she will be 6 hours ahead.....

1st Contact

I finally exchanged several texts from Neve this morning.  She is near St Jean  Pied de Port and is getting very spotty cell coverage to send texts.  I think her first day is to recuperate from all the air travel and shuttling to St Jean Pied de Port.

I am currently on the phone trying to confirm her return flight back on Oct 20th with AA from CDG to RDU since they had changed her initial reservations on flight out. It's such a mess but I know Neve will not be able to confirm this while trekking through Spain.

On the home front, the kiddos miss their Mommy and know where she is today.  They are all in good spirits and we will be tracking her movements when we get status updates from her.

Just an update:  I managed to get AA to issue her ticket for Paris-London-RDU at 07:40am on Oct 20th.  now we need to get the Iberia flight from Santiage de Compostella->Paris pushed for Oct 19th.

She is in Orrison tonight..... Sleep well Mama!

First Day Sans Mama

This morning I received a text around 6am from Neve that she finally made it to Orly and is about to fly to Biarritz.  It was brief and she noted she was exhausted (understandingly). 
Her next leg is to get to St Jean de Port for her opening chapter of her journey on the Camino.

This morning, home life was very busy.   Although I was up until 1am working, I managed to get the kiddos up and ready for school. 

It's definitely going to be a transition to work virtually from home and be 'Mr. Mom'....