We left Maison Lafitte early after our daily reflection in the church. Some members walked with us. It was cold but bright. We stayed together initially. Finding toilets was a problem all day! We had to stop at a supermarket and a hospital and later had to find a bush in a public park where we had lunch. News came through that there were concerns we looked too much like a demonstration so we took off Our high Vis jackets and covered our hoodies and split into groups travelling 100 metres apart and on opposite sides of the road.
This worked reasonably well until we got to the Champs Elyses and the winter market where it was crowded and we managed to lose one group.
The Groups came back together for the Pilgrim's Welcome at St. Merri's. It was chaos to start with - so many groups arriving. We heard from groups from Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland, Peru, Philippines, Netherlands and Senegal. One of the groups had been on the road for 80 days. We did a short presentation and sang the first verse of To be a Pilgrim.
We shared supper, collected our bags and then divided into 2 groups - one going to a youth hostel and the rest going to the Mission D' Etrangers. The trip on the metro was very stressful because of our heavy bags and loads of stairs. Arrived at 9.45 and went straight to bed.
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