Final Destination: Santiago de Compostela

A few months ago I had the opportunity to visit Spain and walked more than 500 km's across the country following St. James Way.

It's amazing how you can literally walk across Spain just following the yellow arrows that guide you from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela and the great thing is that you don't even need a map...

The St. James Way is a collection of old pilgrimage routes wich cover all Europe and have Santiago de Compostela as a final destination where St. James' remains rest at the Cathedral. During most years about 100,000 people walk this "Camino" for different reasons; some do it as a way to get on touch with nature and to meditate about their lives, others do it as a fitness challenge and others just to meet friends. I can tell you that even if you do it for just one particular reason, at the end of the journey you find out that the other reasons also make an appearance...


Walking trough different regions in Spain; La Rioja, Castilla Leon, and Galicia, to name a few, gives you a taste of the vast culture and gastronomical richness that the country has to offer. It is definitely a totally different experience to drive by the towns along the Camino compared to walk trough them with all the time in the world to stop and explore them at your leisure. Walking trough amazing forests, smelling the sweet scent of lavender fields, and listening to the sound of water running through rivers are memories that will last forever on my mind.

















it's the journey that counts, not the destination...

Buen Camino!