Hello Camino! How are you my dear friend? I know from the news that you are alone, that there are no pilgrims walking you, and that you miss us ... We also miss you. We had arranged,Fernando and I, to walk on April 15 the Arles-Lourdes section,...
Interviews and reflections
Reflections on the Camino from the lockdown: Paco Castro
Peace and good will: at the side of the road you can no longer hear the footsteps of pilgrims passing, but the wild flowers that bloom with love for spring, are a reminder of those steps that have changed the course of history, those same steps...
The arrival of the Coronavirus on the Camino: José de la Riera (FICS) explains the measures to help pilgrims who were on the Camino.
José de la Riera is a good friend of the Fundación Jacobea, ex-president of AGACS, pilgrim, researcher, writer and even bagpiper, responsible for the recovery of many historical itineraries -especially the Portuguese Way- and promoter of the Via...
Interview with Antón Pombo: A reflection on the Camino de Santiago
Antón Pombo is a specialist on the Camino de Santiago. He is an historian and researcher -with a doctoral thesis linked to the history of Compostela- and a writer specialized on the Camino with decades of experience as an author of books, articles...
INTERVIEW WITH MANUEL F. RODRÍGUEZ: THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE ENGLISH WAY
Manuel F. Rodríguez is a journalist and a researcher. Recently he won the International Prize Aymeric Picaud and his life is a good example of dedication to the Camino de Santiago: from his intellectual production, his work on the Xacobeo of the...
The Camino in the time of Covid: Endika Armengol, pilgrim in July and October 2020
Endika Armengol is a pilgrim with more than 70 long-distance Caminos behind him, several books of anecdotes and stories of the Camino and a particular feature that everyone knows: he always wears sandals when he walks. Accustomed to travelling between 4 and 6 ways a...
The Camino in the time of Covid: the pilgrimage of Lorenzo Merín in june 2020
Lorenzo Merín is one of those pilgrims for whom the Camino has changed life, someone who never tires of saying that the pilgrimage to Santiago is the best therapy, because he knows full well what that means. In addition, he is a pilgrim who, through what he considers...
Mario Clavell: The snails also arrive in Santiago
Mario Clavell, a catalan who has been living in Santiago for decades, is one of the people responsible for the current revitalization of pilgrimages to Santiago. He is a pilgrim, writer and teacher who is very active in defending, studying and promoting the Camino de...
Reflections on the Camino from the lockdown: Anne Born
They say that the Covid-19 virus came to New York City in January. By looking at the genome, it has been determined that it did not come to New York directly from China, or a lab, or an animal market, but with one of 2 million passengers who came through JFK Airport...
Reflections on the Camino from the lockdown: Ana Barreda
Everything is uncertain for the time being. The countries will not become stable for some time yet, therefore the return to normality will take time before it reaches our immediate environment and the countries that respond to the call of the Camino. There will be...