Pilgrim experiences
Matthew – Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK2_3TC_8Ec
Yunze Jia – China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTe3hD8hdjA
Yao Ruochuan – China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwvERH4zU94
Donna. United States
I live in California and I am an English teacher, but I also write. I have written poetry for children and I have been published in some anthologies, I have also written poetry about my experience and I continue to write. In my poetry I speak of following the stars...
Arlindo. Portugal
Llega a Santiago después de recorrer el Camino Primitivo, antes había caminado por casi todas las rutas: dos veces el Camino Central Portugués desde Valença, también el Camino de Fisterra-Muxía, el Camino Inglés, el Camino Francés desde O Cebreiro; la Vía de la Plata...
Sylvia. Germany
In 2016 Sylvia decided to separate from her husband. They had been together for 25 years but they were not happy and at that moment she decided that it was not possible to continue like this and she left her husband. Her husband was a very demanding and intolerant man...
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Jacobean Associations
Why are pilgrims from the United States increasing so much?: Anne Born reflects on the Camino’s success among her compatriots
Have you ever wanted to run away? This is a familiar threat from young children in many American families. When a child senses there are too many rules, too many chores, maybe too little personal attention, or just too little screen time allowed, the response is, “I...
Monica Tien Taiwan Camino International Culture Exchange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNc3C-J_PHc
Paul Chen Taiwan Camino International Culture Exchange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Fa9bgQO-s
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Matthew – Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK2_3TC_8Ec
ROME, SANTIAGO, JERUSALEM: THE MAJOR PILGRIMAGES
The year 2025 is a year of the Roman Jubilee. Far from forgetting or ignoring it, we at the Jacobean Foundation want to begin a series of posts on pilgrimages to Rome and their relationship with Santiago de Compostela. We begin this series with an introduction to the...
The French Way: Rabanal del Camino
Rabanal is one of those “miracles of the Camino” of which all pilgrims speak, one of the greatest miracles of the Camino: a town that today maintains its traditional architecture in good condition and an enormous economic and social vitality, after decades of...