We figure we’re being challenged on the last few days of our trek what with the heatwave and now the foul weather … the gods need to make sure we’ve really earned the right to say we’ve walked the Via Francigena. Perhaps, Sigeric the Serious is watching from on high.
Read MoreIn our walk through France, we've passed through perhaps a few hundred villages and towns, and virtually all have monuments honoring the fallen in WWI, most with the inscription "For our children who have died for their country". A large part of the 'war to end all wars' was fought on French soil, and when it was finally over, much of the country lay in ruins and more than a million French soldiers had perished. At first we saw town cemeteries that had a few dozen white crosses for the graves of the war dead, then the local cemeteries included the graves of fifty or a hundred or more, and now in the north where some of the heaviest fighting took place, we see a great many military graveyards with the crosses for hundreds and even thousands of fallen soldiers…
Read MoreAnother heatwave and we’re walking as early as possible to avoid the scorching sun and heat. You, on the other hand, can sit in comfort and read all about it. Come join us and send a little cool our way, would you?
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
