It’s hard to describe this day, if you haven’t done it. You start as an innocent in a bar in Borres. I was so happy to be there I completely forgot to collect my first stamp of the day. I left with some friends – Texas friends, the best kind! – and we took off […]
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It’s the People You Will Remember
What to do – argue with a man who lives on the Camino or just plain follow him? We followed.
On Becoming a Pilgrim
I’m on the threshold, in the doorway. It’s a clear metaphor, of course, just describing a liminal space – you pick one side or the other, or you stay there. Do I back in and stay safe or do I step out and go on an adventure. It’s not unlike “Do I buy tickets or […]
Tips from an American Pilgrim
On not losing your hiking boots and poles!
Ribadiso – a Pilgrim’s Welcome
One of the many special stops on the Camino Frances and Camino Primitivo, alongside the Rio Iso – the albergue in Ribadiso. Interested in more on the Camino? Try my book! In My Books and on Amazon and Kindle.
A Pilgrim’s Take on Taking a Tour
But in every day, there is the walking and that’s what I have come to realize is the very thing that keeps bringing me back, time and again.
What Is Your Obligation?
When I came back home with my very first Compostela, I went to Mass not far from my office and asked the priest after Mass to hear my confession. I was completing a circuit that had started on Christmas Day 2010 when I flew from New York to Madrid to catch a bus to Sarria […]
