My next project:

I want to spend a year of my life going from Domrémy, Lorraine to Rouen and charting the journey of Joan of Arc. According to some shady records that I've looked over, she first saw St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret at the age of 12 then traveled to Robert de Braudricourt for permission to lead the Siege of Orleans at age 16. Approx. a year later--according to a letter written in 1429--she was granted an escort to Chinon to visit Charles VII. In April 1429, she was subjected to tests at Poitiers to ensure that she was not a sorceress. Once it was confirmed that she was not of the devil, she was sent to aid in the Siege, which was successful only two months after her arrival, comparable to the five months of cautious French leadership that had left the situation in stalemate. Following this victory, she reclaimed the fortress of Saint Augustins with the aid of only one captain. The Maid of Orleans then formulated plans to push the Burgundians back from Reims. On the 16th of July, the city gates were opened in Reims and the Dauphin's coronation was the next day. After minor action at La-Charité-sur-Loire in December, Joan moved to Compiègne at the decree of Charles VII, where she was captured in a skirmish in April of 1430 and held for costly ransom at Vermandois and the Burgundian town of Arras. She was moved to Rouen and was killed a year later by the decree of the Bishop Cauchon of Beauvais {it's very little surprise that his name, in French, means 'pig'} on to 30th of May, 1431 at the stake.
In summation of that tediously long backstory, I would like to travel the life of Joan of Arc for a year--living simply with nothing more than a backpack, enough money to provide for hostels and simple country meals, some good hiking boots, a bike maybe. Or a stallion that I could ride into battle. We'll see.