![]() There are people who briefly shine their light on your steps, never to be seen again. Regardless of how you feel or what the “weather” is like, you must go on. As you walk, there are many accidents-happy and otherwise-to deal with. The whole Camino Francés is 500 miles we “only” did the last 200.Įl Camino, which means “the way” and conveniently also means “the road” is a complete and brilliant metaphor for life. A good map of the 500 mile long Camino Francés we started in León, 200 miles from the cathedral in Santiago.ĭan and I traveled the classic, Camino Francés, which goes from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the Pyrenees of France across Northern Spain to the region of Galicia and Santiago. There are many, many Caminos all over Spain and Europe, all leading to this city. His body is buried in the cathedral in Santiago. According to legend, St James, apostle of Christ, was beheaded in Jerusalem and his remains were taken by sea to Galicia where he had spread the Good News while alive. The first recorded pilgrims walked in the year 821, A.D. James, is a pilgrimage to the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela in Northwest Spain. To give a bit of background: El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. After watching “The Way” (the movie about the Camino by Emilio Estevez and starring his father, Martin Sheen), Dan was game to walk it with me. Walking our Camino had been a dream of mine for around 30 years I taught about the Camino’s importance culturally in my life as a Spanish teacher. We began in León and finished in Santiago 15 days later (which The magnificent cathedral in León where we officially started our journey. In September, 2019, my husband, Dan, and I walked 200 miles of the Camino de Santiago in Spain.
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