First, the Camino is not a single trail. It is a network of trails across Europe that all lead to the same place in northwest Spain – Santiago de Compostela. The most popular trail is the Camino Frances. It starts in St Jean Pied de Port in the southwest corner of France. It crosses the…
Somewhere around the year 830 AD, according to legend, a priest in the northwest corner of Spain was told about strange noises and lights in the hills near his church. He climbed the hill to investigate and found a grave. He declared that grave to contain the remains of St. James (Sant Iago in Spanish),…
After my first week on my first camino, I started getting blisters. I arrived at a small town late one night. At dinner, I showed a couple of other pilgrims my blisters. They told me they look infected and I needed to get antiseptic. They said there was just one pharmacy in town and it…
Every pilgrim has a moment of doubt on the Camino. My low point was about two weeks into my first Camino. The day before I had made an error in planning and had to walk 25 miles / 40 kilometers. I started the next day tired, mad at myself for being stupid, and in a…
Hello! My name is Victor Prince. I have walked the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail in Spain five times (thus far) and I love helping others do it. (This picture is of me on the Camino Frances crossing the Pyrenees.) I share stories and advice from my experiences here. I also wrote a blog about…