I walk the Way

A pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago

Lessons

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

Leaving the village before dawn I began walking. It was not long before I came upon a group of about 15 pilgrims all grouped up in the middle of the Camino. A girl asked in a sheepish voice “Have you seen the concha?” They were all unsure of which way […]

Questions in the Dark

August 14, 2016 in Lessons / Location Aware by James Aleph

This morning started quite nice. The albergue last night was one of the best on the Camino. I met quite a wonderful group of pilgrims. The couple running the albergue treated every pilgrim like family. I was one of the first to leave this morning in an effort to beat […]

An emotional day

August 16, 2016 in Lessons by James Aleph

I had heard through the grapevine that it was possible to rent a horse at the base of the mountain and ride the 8 kilometers to the top. A friend that had walked before told me the name of the town where to rent the horse. So as I got […]

Best Decision

August 23, 2016 in Everything / Landscapes / Lessons / Pilgrims by James Aleph

Around the first week of my Camino I met a woman who was walking with another group of pilgrims that were going longer distances. We had a brief conversation. She seemed to have a bit of a hard edge to her. The day we met she was waiting on another […]

Beauty in growth

August 26, 2016 in Gratitude / Lessons / Pilgrims by James Aleph