The Camino de Santiago is a public event that passes through some of the most remote parts of Spain. The miracle is that the pilgrimage is so little touched by crime, especially given the surge in participation over the past 20 years, crossing the 275,000 mark in 2016, with women making up almost half of […]
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Day 4 of Our Camino: The Killer of a Pilgrim Is Sentenced
April 11th, 2017 · No Comments · Pilgrimage, Spain, tourism, Travel
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Day 2 of Our Camino: Dealing with Other Pilgrims
April 9th, 2017 · No Comments · Pilgrimage, Spain, tourism, Travel
If Day 1 of our Camino de Santiago was about getting to the other end, Day 2 was about getting comfortable among the other pilgrims. It is a diverse group. Statistics compiled by church officials in Santiago de Compostela, in northwest Spain, suggest half the pilgrims are not Spanish … that Germans are the biggest […]
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Day 1 of Our Camino: Slow and Steady Does It
April 8th, 2017 · No Comments · Pilgrimage, Spain, tourism, Travel
(Above, clockwise from top: Admiring a huge and ancient tree; distance markers scrawled on a bench; the official markers, noting correct direction and kilometers left before Santiago; Taking a break in a farmer’s outbuilding. The sign hanging, above, invites pilgrims to rest as long as they keep the area clean and tidy.) This may be […]
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