One of the stories from this year's Camino was the heat. Oh, the heat! I like to escape the humidity of a northeastern US summer for Europe where it's almost guaranteed to be a little cooler and all-around much more pleasant. And usually, it ...
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Repeating a Camino
I don't think I wrote quite as much about my pre-Camino planning this year as I normally do, or what my process was like deciding how I wanted to spend my summer, but I was, in a word, conflicted. I've been feeling both a pull to do something ...
Camino Aragonés Guide: Essential Info to help plan your walk
I can't remember when I first heard of the Camino Aragonés, or when it became a walk that I added to my "list", or even when it moved to priority status. I just know that at some point, somewhere, I must have read more about it and thought, "Huh. ...
Why I think the Camino Aragonés is the Perfect Camino
What is a perfect Camino? Can such a thing even exist? In late June I walked the Camino Aragonés, a 10-day pilgrimage from Oloron-Ste-Marie, France, to Puente la Reina, Spain. Technically, the first three days of my walk were on the Voie d'Arles, a ...
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Camino Aragonés Guide: Essential Info to help plan your walk
I can't remember when I first heard of the Camino Aragonés, or when it became a walk that I added to my "list", or even when it moved to priority status. I just know that at some point, somewhere, I must have read more about it and thought, "Huh. Sounds like a pretty good Camino." I've ...
Planning a Walk on Hadrian’s Wall Path
One of my intentions with this blog is to begin to provide more useful content for others who are planning their own long-distance walking adventures, and so in this spirit, I'm going to be writing up a few short guides to some of the walks that I've done. And first up: how to plan for a walk on ...
In the Footsteps of Pilgrims; an Overview of the Camino de San Salvador
Quien va a Santiago y no a San Salvador, sirve al criado y deja al Senor. He who goes to Santiago and not to San Salvador, honors the servant and forsakes the Lord. I saw these words painted onto the wall of the albergue in La Robla. It was the end of my first day walking the Camino de San ...
