Photos from El Camino de Santiago

Greetings All,
After much trial and error trying to get these photos up on the blog, I think they’re good to go. Hope you enjoy them!
Be Well,
Jake
 
Where it all began. The albergue in St. Jean Pied de Port.
  
Some of our gear drying after a downpour.
Two historic castles, sitting in a farm field outside Pamplona.
  
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A Pilgrim Comes Home

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After 32 days of travel across Northern Spain on foot, I arrived at Cape Finisterre, so named because of its root words, finis and terra, which indicate that this spot is the end of the earth. And, as the Western-most point on the European continent, it was long thought to be just that. A [...]

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On the Open Road…on Foot

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El Camino de Santiago brings a brand new meaning to the concept of a ¨road trip¨for me. As I mentioned in my last post, I´m right now traveling across the entirety of Northern Spain on foot along the ancient pilgrimage road that leads to Santiago de Compostela. The city holds the remains of Santiago, [...]

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Home Base!

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Well, it’s all over now. After a pretty packed Short Term, semester, year, I am back at home sitting on my real bed writing to you all. It feels really good. My mother and I made the 5-hr drive back to Katonah, NY in pretty good time, and when I got back I said [...]

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