Day 9: Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada The wonder of nature, the power of solitude, the strength of a community of travelers. – Matthew Fox Today was all about an oasis, an international food cook-off, the miracle of the cock, and Camino fellowship. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let me take […]
Day 6: Parted Paths Merge Again
Day 6: Estella to Los Arcos The road is a shared experience in two senses. Like any journey it involves movement forward through space, but it also involves a kind of time traveling into the past. In discovering the road for yourself, you share the experience of thousands of people over a course of a millennium. […]
Day 1: Crossing the Pyrenees
Day 1: St Jean Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles Onward! Upward! God help us! – author unknown My goal was to get on the Camino trail at 7:30 am, just before sunrise, knowing the path would be guided by the town’s lights or the use of my headlamp. However, after grabbing my sandwich from the hotel frig and checking […]