Saturday, May 24, 2014

Bien Camino

About a year ago, David and I watched a movie called The Way, written and produced by Emilio Estevez and starring his father, Martin Sheen.  It's a film about the Camino de Santiago- St. James' Way.  We were hooked.  What a neat trip!  A way to immerse ourselves in the culture while seeing part of Spain.

Well, nearly a year later, we are about to embark on our adventure.

We spent a couple of months taking long walks, trying out different shoes, pants, shirts, and backpacks and read several different guides on the path.

We made our hotel reservations - sorry - no hostels for us.  We know the value of a good night's sleep at this age.

We have our scallop shells, the symbol of the Camino since medieval times,  for our backpacks.

We have our Credencial del Peregrino - the pilgrim passport that we present at the Santiago de Compestela in Santiago to receive our compestelo (certificate of completion) at the end of our travels.  We must have it stamped twice a day to prove that we walked the Camino.

And we have good walking shoes - we hope!  If not, we have lots of moleskin.

Follow along with us as I post our trek across northern Spain.


2 comments:

  1. Hope you have an inspirational and safe journey!

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  2. Inspired by your initial blog entry, Bob and I watched "The Way" yesterday. We're looking forward to hearing about your journey. Stay safe and beware of dubious innkeepers!

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