Packing list for the Camino de Santiago
Lately I have been asked twice about what to pack when going to walk el Camino de Santiago. First of all I would like to say that I am extremely happy to have pushed and encouraged people to walk el Camino. This trip has significantly changed my life, and I am happy to have inspired others to take the first step and go walk it! To cut it short, the Camino is one of those trips that you will literally carry all your belongings on your back, which was the first lesson I learned from walking it: pack as light as possible!! So keep it simple, and trust me, everyone will be doing like you on the...
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Celebrating the End of the Camino de Santiago
Last day of walking? Then we have to party! We gathered in front of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, meeting lots of other pilgrims who had been walking with me/us on an on/off pattern, some of which I thought they were way ahead of me and that I will never re-meet them, turns out they were just one or two days in front, and that they were hanging out in Santiago de Compostela since then. It was still day light when we head to the bar, it was around 10 or 11 of us, the slow 6, Chabelo, Jaun-Claude, my old friend from Canada and some other people, some young and some old, we were all...
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Why Walk El Camino de Santiago?
This post will not contain a straight answer of why to walk El Camino de Santiago. Unfortunately, I can’t answer this question, nor can anyone answer it. It is impossible to give someone any straight answers as of why to walk el Camino. It is a very personalized experience for anyone to point out even the general reasons for walking it. The phrase I heard the most while walking across Northern Spain (after “Buen Camino” of course) was “so why are you walking the Camino?” Why was I walking El Camino? I found it hard at first to answer this question, I thought I had reasons, I thought...
Read MoreDon’t rush, you’ll get there.
People rushed, they considered it to be a race for beds. Well to be honest they found their beds, they had the rest of their day to spend in a small village, cooking, washing, sleeping or just hanging out. But what was the point of rushing? Just to find the bed?! I know people who did not rush, and yes they did not find their beds in the village they were aiming to. Some of them walked even more, covering an extra 10 Km to reach the following village and get a bed; some decided to sleep in the open air or camp; and some even decided to go for expensive normal hostels not pilgrim houses (Lazy...
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