I walk the Way

A pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago

James Aleph

Buen camino! Two little words with a very powerful meaning. As you walk the way it is traditional to wish other pilgrims a good journey. I will be making every effort along the way to be sure to wish this to every other pilgrim I encounter while walking. Buen means […]

Buen Camino

July 1, 2016 in Buen Camino / Everything / Love / Pilgrims by James Aleph

The camino provides. This is a theme I learned on my first journey on the Camino de Santiago. You find very quickly that your needs are covered and most times in miraculous and unexpected ways. So as I have been gearing up to leave there has been one steady need […]

I will say it more than once

July 14, 2016 in Buen Camino / Gratitude / Lessons / Love / Shoes tagged Camino provides / cinderella / friends / Gratitue / love / Nike / Shoes / walking on air by James Aleph

As of this post I have arrived safely in Madrid. I am so exhausted after being awake for so long. So my first order of business is a nap…but only a small one before dinner. Hopefully I can slide right into the new time zone.

I have arrived

July 19, 2016 in Everything tagged arrived by James Aleph

Today is my first official day walking on the Camino de Santiago. My body is still trying to adjust to the new time zone. This morning I woke up at 4am because my 6 million dollar leg was a bit on fire. I really wanted to just start walking but […]

Weights and measures

July 21, 2016 in Buen Camino tagged Camino / First day / weights by James Aleph

This morning started off quite nice as the weather was overcast and cool which I much prefer to 100 degree heat! Not long after I began walking I met a pilgrim from Italy. As we walked we conversed in a mix of english, italian, and spanish. It was the usual […]

What a small world

July 22, 2016 in Gratitude / Landscapes / Pilgrims tagged small world by James Aleph

This morning I set out quite early. In the first town I passed through I spotted a pilgrim outside an albergue. He had two children’s push carts that he was packing up. Last Camino I saw a woman doing that and thought it was extraordinary. Then a bit further down […]

Most Impressive

July 23, 2016 in Conchas / Gratitude / Monuments by James Aleph

This morning started like most on the Camino. The town I stayed in had quite a few hills..steep hills while leaving so it was a challenging start to the day to say the least. Soon after town I passed by Irache, which is a winery. They have a fountain that […]

Little joys

July 25, 2016 in Everything / Gratitude / Love / Pilgrims tagged friends / pilgrims / special by James Aleph

This group of pilgrims have so much love. I am honored to be able to spend some time with them. We all pitched in at the grocery store and then cooked at the albergue. It was the best dinner ever!

Best dinner ever!

July 26, 2016 in Buen Camino / Love by James Aleph

Today was an easy “rest” day. This section of the Camino does not have as many rest stops along the way so instead of doing too much I have opted to take it a bit easier. I am staying with the same group of pilgrims from dinner the last two […]

An easy day

July 27, 2016 in Everything by James Aleph

What a wonderful and long day. I managed to do just a bit over 20 kilometers today. In the morning I walked with my friends. Then after lunch I walked solo from Vianna to Logroño. My friends have a slightly faster pace. Along the way I got a bit more […]

A little over 20k

July 28, 2016 in Everything by James Aleph