What is This Camino Thing?!?

The Camino de Santiago is several different routes through Europe that all converge on Santiago de Compostela in NW Spain (Province of Galicia).

I'll be walking the Ruta Frances, which begins in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, southern France.

From there the Way traverses nearly 800km (just shy of 500 miles) through mountains, villages, cities, wheat fields, forests, streams... You get the picture. The journey will be primarily a 'hut-to-hut' experience and I will be staying in common living spaces (like youth hostels) for most nights, so I am carrying about 15lbs of stuff. It surprises me how quickly the weight adds up!

I expect I'll take about 45 days. I may Forest Gump it and just keep ramblin' on... Let's see!Read more