Pilgrim experiences
Catherine. France
Catherine has known the Camino for a long time. She remembers that she was about 35 years old and was working in the advertising world when a colleague told her that he was going to do the Camino de Santiago. The idea pleased her and surprised her. She remembers...
Julie. Australia
Twenty years ago Julie read Shirley MacLaine's book about the Camino de Santiago. She well remembers that time because she was pregnant with her daughter and she thought: "I want to do that". But she was pregnant and was also a single mother, so she could not think of...
Julia. Spain
I am 81 years old. I retired in 2002 and cared for my sick mother until 2004. In 2006 I decided to take my 15-year-old great-niece to do a seminar in O Grove and, from there, one weekend we went to visit Santiago. At the Obradoiro we saw the emotion of the arriving...
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We interviewed Anne Born: pilgrim, hospitalera, historian, poet and author of three books on the Camino
Anne Born is the author of three books on the Camino de Santiago and, today, is one of the main connections between the United States and the Camino de Santiago. Poet, editor, historian... although for decades she lived in New York - from where she told us about the...
Catherine. France
Catherine has known the Camino for a long time. She remembers that she was about 35 years old and was working in the advertising world when a colleague told her that he was going to do the Camino de Santiago. The idea pleased her and surprised her. She remembers...