We sadly hugged goodbye to each new friend as we walked past their hotels or hostels - Michael, then Dom and Paul, then Marcus. Fabian...

(To the tune of the travel song from Dora the Explorer) “Hola vamanos, everybody let’s go!” Katie sang as she meet me in the albergue...

When Fabian and I arrived in Caldas del Rei, where Katie had a hotel, we checked into an albergue. We met up with a South African couple...

“If I have but one dream in my heart, it is to go on the Camino by electric scooter.” - Fabian König Katie hobbled to the cafe (the same...

One thing about me is, I am obsessed with my nephew. I steal photos of that kid from his parents’ Snapchat like nobody’s business. I’ve...

“Ugh, my underwear is still moist,” Fabian said (FOR CONTEXT - the dingy hostel didn’t have a dryer, and it was raining outside, so we...

I have been silent here because finally, we are with other pilgrims and just living in the moment. I have many pictures but not many...

"I have one goal this Camino,"o get a tan on my legs." -Ms. Kathryn London "Morning!" I said to the other American pilgrims at the cafe....

Look out Catholics, the agnostic and the Jew are back on the Camino. We woke up early, after neither of us slept well or for long. The...

"Is there anything you want to do here?" Katie asked me. "I didn't look ahead, let me see what the hotel gave us," I said. "Oh look,...

The 28 km from the donativo to the next stop felt harder than normal. Did I take my antidepressant? Yes. Did I not sleep well? No, I...

"Are you the Alaskan?" I asked a blonde woman sitting outside at the albergue. "Yes I am," she smiled "So you're the reason I've had to...

When you walk this much, your body craves weird things. And my craving lately has been pineapple juice. Gimme that sweet nectar of sugary...

"Oh, você fala Portuguese! American?" A cafe owner said to me as I stopped for a coffee. (You speak Portuguese! American?) I blinked....

"Do you have sangria?" I asked the waiter, ordering dinner after my test day in Tomar. "Yes, of course," the waiter said. "I'd like some...

"You can’t PLAN a Camino!” Marriett, a South African woman, exclaimed, lying on the floor. She was gaining the will to stand up again and...

“Don’t you have the Camino app?” The Holland man asked me yesterday, while we waited outside the hostel. “THERE'S A CAMINO APP?! No! I’m...

"There are two ways to get enough; one is to continue to accumulate. The other is to desire less."- GK Chesterton One of the great things...

THIS AIN'T THE SAME CAMINO Y'ALL. Not the same country. Not the same experience. Remember, the trailhead is blocked by construction but...

In the two hours before I left for the airport, I felt a panic like I don't ever remember feeling before a trip. What if I forget...