On pilgrimage via the Camino de Santiago
Earlier this month I made oblique reference to my pending travels abroad; tomorrow I'm off to the airport in order to join a pilgrim group on the ancient Camino de Santiago in northern Spain.
I'll be traveling with a small group of alumni from Concordia College. We'll follow about 75 miles of the "Camino Frances" route, passing through Pamplona only a week after the famous running of the bulls. We will be honest-to-goodness pilgrims, carrying our walking sticks and packs the whole way. Our day-to-day mileage will vary from around five (on the day we pass through Pamplona, allowing extra time there) to fifteen or so. See the image below for an overview of our route:
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I'm carrying plenty of photographic equipment (probably more than I should!) and plan on publishing a detailed travelogue sometime after my return to the States. You can look for that here as soon as it's ready.
In the meanwhile, I don't expect to be able to post from the road. It's possible I might find Internet access while abroad, but there's no guarantee. If possible, I'll post quick updates here in the blog; otherwise, you'll just have to wait for the full travelogue sometime in August.
I'll be back Stateside on July 28, and will return to Litchville August 1.
Please remember our small group in your prayers! I look forward to sharing the details of what is sure to be one of my life's great adventures.
As they say on the Camino: ¡Ultreya! Onward!
I'll be traveling with a small group of alumni from Concordia College. We'll follow about 75 miles of the "Camino Frances" route, passing through Pamplona only a week after the famous running of the bulls. We will be honest-to-goodness pilgrims, carrying our walking sticks and packs the whole way. Our day-to-day mileage will vary from around five (on the day we pass through Pamplona, allowing extra time there) to fifteen or so. See the image below for an overview of our route:
I'm carrying plenty of photographic equipment (probably more than I should!) and plan on publishing a detailed travelogue sometime after my return to the States. You can look for that here as soon as it's ready.
In the meanwhile, I don't expect to be able to post from the road. It's possible I might find Internet access while abroad, but there's no guarantee. If possible, I'll post quick updates here in the blog; otherwise, you'll just have to wait for the full travelogue sometime in August.
I'll be back Stateside on July 28, and will return to Litchville August 1.
Please remember our small group in your prayers! I look forward to sharing the details of what is sure to be one of my life's great adventures.
As they say on the Camino: ¡Ultreya! Onward!
posted by Bob at
11:42 PM
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God bless. I walked 258 miles of the Chemin Francais (Le Puy-Moissac) this spring and 227 miles of the Camino de Santiago last year (Roncesvalles-Estalla/Rabanal del Camino-Santiago). Walking the chemin is life-changing and I hope your experience is as amazing as my two pilgrimages have been (I do intend to do the entire route from Le Puy-Santiago).
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