I love questions. I love to ask questions. Why? (See, I just asked one!) It’s because they get me thinking. They get the wheels of my mind turning. Sometimes when I am stuck, I sit down with pen and paper and write questions to myself. I seldom have any answers, but that’s not really a …
Today I want to share with you a cold, hard truth about the Camino de Santiago: No matter how much you plan and prepare for a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, your journey will be a full-on mystery tour. I don’t think anyone really knows what the Camino is, at least not past the …
You’ve probably heard it all when it comes to training for the Camino. Train before you leave home. Train on all different kinds of terrain. Build up your walking time and distances gradually. Be sure to break in your boots. Train with you Camino backpack loaded up to its full weight. And make sure it …
I admit it, I have a thing for socks. But 14 pairs?!?!? Who does that? You might quickly guess that I am not going to keep all 14 pairs – at least I don’t think I will. I will be doing some test-driving, and I stocked up because a) there was a sale, and b) …
It felt like a gamble, but the price was right and truth be told, there weren’t many (any) other options in the area. So, I booked a room at the truck stop hostal. The name was nice enough, “El Chocolatero”, which I translated in my head as The Chocolate. As in, you had me at …
I will be honest: I don’t love exercise as an activity. I’m not much of a hiker, I’m wobbly on bike, and I don’t willingly go out in public in a swimsuit much. I lose interest in exercise pretty quickly, so while I may enthusiastically start a strength training routine or walking plan, I tend …
You want to walk the Camino de Santiago, so you go online and start to do some research. You watch some YouTube videos, read some Facebook posts, maybe even search through the thousands of pilgrim-sourced questions and answers on the popular caminodesantiago.me forum. Maybe you signed up for my email list and got your free …
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU In this episode I share with you one of the audio sessions for my signature program, the Camino Francés Getting Started Audio Guide, which will be available for 25% off the regular price starting on December 1, 2023 (Saturday the 2nd in Australia and New Zealand). The sample audio session in …
TURNING TRIALS INTO BLESSINGS Nidia from Utah, USA, shares her story of turning incredible trials into blessings, plus how and why she is preparing to walk the Camino Francés in 2024. Faith is a choice, she says, and life itself is a pilgrimage. Find out about the “power of gathering” and how religion can bring …
When in Spain this year I thought a lot about the weather. All pilgrims do, really. That’s because as pilgrims we are out in the weather for hours each day, and the weather is simply unavoidable. It’s fairly easy to understand what your day will be like when the weather forecast is 80 degrees and …
