The Way

The Way, starring Martin Sheen and Emilo Estivez.
Filmed on the Camino, The Way premieres at the Toronto Film festival this fall.

Link to the movie's website

this has me wanting to walk again soon.

Christiana

First Steps on the Camino

Hola from the Camino,

Today we took our first steps on the Camino. We arrived in Leon at around 2pm and instead of looking for an albergue in the city we opted to make a short trek to Virgen del Camino about 7k outside the city. The weather is very warm today, and having arrived at 2pm, that put us walking in the 28C heat for a couple of hours. Tomorrow we will walk in the morning.

Travel advice...when in Spain take the train. We were quite impressed with the rail system, the train stations are much nicer than the airport and the trains were roomy and quiet. Shiloh was expecting a slow ride to Leon, but was quite impressed with the 198km per hour speed at which they travelled.

Spanish lessons are going well. Today we took a trip to the grocery store and I got exactly what I asked for which also happened to be what I thought I ordered. Two apples, two oranges, and two bannanas. I didn´t get any cherries because I haven´t learned how to count past 10.

Adios!
Christiana and Shiloh

Our Journey Begins

In just a few days we will begin our journey, a walk in northern Spain along the Camino de Santiago. The Camino is also known as The Way of St James; the route is to the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela where the remains of St James are buried. The camino has existed for many centuries, and was highly travelled in the middle ages. It was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during medieval times, as it is a pilgrimage route on which a plenary indulgence could be earned.

We will be following 325km of the Camino Frances (also known as the French Route)from Leon to Santiago de Compostela. We invite you to join us on our journey through this blog.