Devours without problems

From 8 May to 1 August 2013, the physician, geneticist and, to a lesser extent, politician Axel Kahn crossed France on foot from north to south, from Givet in the Ardennes in Ascain Basque Country. He took the opportunity to survey the entire part of the French way of Saint Jacques de Compostela of Poy en Velay to Saint Jean Pied de Port, but taking care to avoid collective accommodation and is sustentant in inns and restaurants. In many cities, delegations of elected officials and local and national reporters ahead. It provides well-attended conferences and informs every night his "followers" of its progress through the photos taken by its latest smartphone cry and with account records sent from its touch pad. Neither true pilgrim, or basic hiker Axel Khan, who declares openly agnostic, working to meet the France from below. What he discovers in the course of its slow progress will he change his mind about what he calls his "France", that he loves and that does not look quite the image that 'it was made from?
"Thoughts path" is like the diary or logbook of the original through France. Axel Kahn hides to have found the idea with Jacques Lacarrière reading "On the way" magnificent work that marked his time. If inspiration and itinerary are neighbors, the spirit and achievement are rather remote. Nearly half a century separates the two "intellectuals", the country has changed, mentalities as well. Brownfields abound now, the affected cities also. In each labor pool, globalization has caused relocations, plant closures and production facilities and ultimately unemployment. Even the wood sector has eluded us. The trees in our forests are cut down to be turned into floors or furniture in China before being sold to us! Kahn desperately seeking the famous "constructive destruction" and finds that the destruction, the designs being reserved for emerging and unlikely to return to where they have gone. To make matters worse, the month of May 2013 saw a particularly unfavorable weather for the walker: rain, cold, wind, snow or ice. But nothing stops the valiant narrator steps that aligns with remarkable courage. Although less charming and less poetic than "doing Path", this book is nevertheless very pleasant and interesting to read. The passion for the trips on foot devour without any problems.