Briefly, legend (as of the 12th century) has it that St. James the Greater, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, went to northwest Spain to preach and convert people to Christianity. Returning to Palestine, he was taken prisoner and decapitated by Herod Agrippa in AD 44. His disciples stole the body and took him…
I just needed to share these two photo essays. I especially love Drew Robinson’s amazing photography, but also how he shares his Camino so well through those photos. The images over the Pyrenees are just as I remember and he captures the immensity of the sky all along the trail…
“I don’t like either the word [hike] or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains – not ‘hike!’ Do you know the origin of that word saunter? It’s a beautiful word. Away back in the middle ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land…