Monday, February 24, 2020

Why make a Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela?


More and more people are attracted to traveling and walking the Camino de Santiago with the purpose of leaving aside their usual routines. For many, it means fleeing from their surroundings, even for only a few days, and coming in contact with nature, with other pilgrims who have the same motivations, in other words, for breathing some fresh air. 

Many pilgrims are looking for that experience on the Jacobean route that can take them back a couple of centuries, and lead them into learning and to valuing life's small details - such as time, company, solidarity, respect - and have them look past those insignificant things that otherwise can have an exorbitant weight in our life.

A Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela requires a huge effort, big conviction, and a true commitment to walking tens of kilometers every day. Precisely this is what many pilgrims are looking for, knowing that everything they give on the Camino de Santiago is multiplied by 10. When we finish the Jacobean route and return home we do it with a little regret for having to return to the routine, but with our spirits full of great experiences and memories for life to share.

Most of us return... on and on again! Buen Camino :) 



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