Camino de Santiago

For 1200 years Christians have been walking across Europe to Santiago de Compostela in the Galician mountains of northwestern Spain to pay homage to the resting place of the apostle Saint James the Greater. Now not only Christian pilgrims but other walkers wanting to renew themselves on one or another lever or just to enjoy a long walk down the back roads of Spain walk this same path to Santiago and beyond to the Atlantic at Finisterra. Some years back the UN declared it an International Heritage Trail.

In 2003 I walked the Camino de Santiago from the Pyrenees to the Atlantic in Finisterra. I met my wife-to-be there. A second time my wife-to-be and I drove and walked her route from Zurich, Switzerland to Finisterra. Then in 2004 we retraced our steps walking back from Santiago toward Germany. We didn't walk all that distance but we did 500 kilometers (300 miles) of it.

As part of our Pilgrimage from California to Jerusalem we walked the Camino from Lisbon, Portugal to Santiago and Finisterra. That finished one of our goals to walk from our front door in the U.S. to Santiago. I then walked east from Santiago once again along the Camino Frances.

Before and during the first walk I posted several pages here on Works and Words linked to my Spain 2003 page. Many of these were rough renditions when I put them there on the fly. But I have now updated them and added more pictures including large versions for most of the original small versions.

I offer you the following:

• View map of the Camino
• 2003 Camino pilgrimage Home page.
• 2007 Camino updates including a walk with my brother for five days.
• 2010 Holy Year Camino part of our pilgrimage from California to Jerusalem. Start with December and then use the calendar in the right column to move forward through the months of our walk along the Camino.
• Our California to Jerusalem Picture Index page includes many pictures from Portugal and Spain along the Camino during the 2010 Holy Year.
• We give a slide show on our pilgrimage walks. The show is centered on our original separate walks along the Camino de Santiago. Check out the details on our Hear the Call Follow your Heart page.
• Some Camino insights.
• Some thoughts for your Camino..
• A walk along the Camino de Santiago - a poem.
• Some words that accumulated along the Camino.

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