The most popular of all the Caminos. A 790 kilometer pilgrimage originating in Saint Jean-Pied-de-Port. This walk includes more Camino history and by far the most fellow pilgrims. It is also the most special and not to be missed.
This is one peregrino’s perspective so biased but I also talked with many other VDLP and Frances peregrinos to confirm these points. The intent is to give Camino Frances veterans a sense of How The Camino Via de la Plata is different from Camino Frances: 1. Longer: Via de la Plata (VDLP) is 1000 kilometers …
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Last year I walked my first Camino and after attending the noon mass in Santiago sat out in front of Bar A Gramola writing on my MacBook. I was targeted by some professional thieves and they stole my laptop causing me to lose 4 months of my European Journal, over 1,000 pictures and several stories. …
Beautiful 32K walk today from Villar de Nazarife on the quiet alternative trail to Astorga. Rising earlier and earlier on these 40K+ walks of the past two days I left today at 4:45. A full 1 1/2 hour of star gazing following the Milky Way west. It was just starting to get light as I …
I believe there is a Spirit on The Camino. A guardian angel of sorts that if you calm yourself and open your heart and soul she will provide. On September 5 I connected with her. My story starts the day before. I was walking from Belorado to Ages and met up with Jessica from Boulder, Colorado …
After 28 days walking 752K from Le Puy to St. Jean Pied-de-Port went over the Pyrenees yesterday into Spain. Walking through St. Jacques Gate in St. Jean Pied de Port where historically most pilgrims from Europe came through before crossing Pyrenees. St. Jean Pied-de-Port The walk is up through forested green hills with sheep, cows …
I was walking this morning through the streets of Dublin in the Temple Bar area. Feeling emotional as I am leaving Ireland today after 3 months here including a 750K 34 day Irish Camino. Ireland has become my other home. I feel I belong here. But it is time to start the second leg of …
A few days ago I stopped at St. James church in Dublin. I had recently completed the E8+ in Ireland. The E8 is a European long distance trail that starts at the tip of Dursey Island in west Cork and continues to Dublin where you ferry to Liverpool walk across England and then ferry to …
We walk the Camino. People from all over the world and all ages. We are different but the Camino binds us. The Camino has a life of its own. This is no trek, but a deeply personal experience for each of us. Some of us have started from Saint Jean Pied de Port in France, …