Let’s Talk Camino Gear.

This is the fun stuff, right? What did you BRING? What did you love and use all the time? What did you find was not necessary? I should have done a better job of laying out all my gear before leaving to snap more pictures but that didn’t happen. I dunno, maybe the whole planning […]

The End of the Road

It’s so hard to comprehend that it is over. I’m sitting here on my flight back to New York, and feeling quite dumbfounded that any of this even happened. Did I really leave seven weeks ago, putting everything in my life on hold, to walk across the entire country of Spain? What exactly was I […]

To Finisterre: Onwards and Upwards.

To say that the few days after I finished my Camino in Santiago were a “bummer” would be an understatement. I don’t know about you, but extreme nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, loneliness, lack of purpose, and your Dad’s flight being delayed by 56 hours (let’s face it, Norwegian Air, that’s a cancellation) is more than a […]

Day 33 & Post-Camino Depression: Monte del Gozo to Santiago de Compostela to Overjoyed to Sad (AKA “I See Why People Get Stuck in the Camino”)

Yesterday morning I woke up late, around 7am, packed my backpack for the 33rd time, walked up to the top of Monte del Gozo to eat an orange and watch the sun come up behind me, then meandered down toward Santiago, my long-anticipated final destination. The entire walk, I just kept thinking to myself how […]