I walked over 500 miles, in my own shoes, hiking boots, out of France, over what seemed like the tallest of the Pyrenee Mountains, into Spain and across the entire Northern region of the country to a small town with a very large cathedral called Santiago de Compostela. It was a long walk along a route called the Camino Frances, one route of the Camino de Santiago - a pilgrimage that is done by all sorts of folks regardless of religion, nationality, or ethnicity every year from Spring into Summer and on into Fall. And all 40 days of my trip in April and May of 2004 is helping me to write the articles that are contained here on this site. What I learned about myself are very simple things: when to walk fast and when to walk slow, when to look at the map for direction and when to let the arrows that mark the way direct me, when to talk to others and when to stay silent, when to ask for help and when to do it on my own, when stop to rest and eat and when to keep walking. I learned even more about how I relate to other people and who I am in this world. I recommend this pilgrimage to anyone, who is interested in a path taken by millions and energized by all the feet that have traveled along it.

You can look it up online simply by Googling “Camino de Santiago”. There are dozens of sites both public and personal about walking the “Way of St. James”. And Wikipedia has more information on the history of the pilgrimage. Walk this way...