People always ask me what’s it like to walk the Camino. What’s it like? What’s it like? Well, it’s kind of like these three pictures all taken at arrival in the great square in front of the cathedral. Thanks to Jean-François Aillet who assembled them as a trio on his site and forwarded the images on to […]

Honestly, this is what I thought pilgrims looked like by the time they reached Santiago. Ben Heine, a multidisciplinary artist from Belgium, published a set of photos from his Camino here. Home page of the artist here. More on the iconic subject of the photo here. <– July 28, 2013 Camino Photo of the Week […]

* This is a week when the city of Santiago de Compostela is in the news for the most tragic reasons. There have been powerful pictures from a number of news services, but this one caught my eye because of a detail pilgrims will recognize. The cement wall in the background is adorned with the […]

* A new follower on twitter this week (Kei Tachibana @Rikka1535135) had a fascinating scroll of images from two separate pilgrimages. The first of her recent pilgrimage to Santiago, the second of a Japanese Buddhist pilgrimage she is currently undertaking. But what jumped out among a number of terrific images was a picture of a […]

In March of 2011 I left Rognes, France for Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Nine weeks and a thousand miles later I reached the town of Finisterre on the western coast. The pilgrimage was the centerpiece of a sabbatical year I spent with my family in the south of France and documented in Walking Backwards (A […]

The coolest pilgrim stick ever from the sculptor/artist Jean-François Aillet. His site here. Jean-François was previously featured on May 12, 2013. * <– June 23, 2013 Camino Photo of the Week Camino de Santiago Photo of the Week Archive Twitter: @caminophotoofwk Each week adamnathan.com features an image or piece of writing that captures something special […]

A collection of 32 terrific Camino shots by Victor Nuno in 2007 in Navarre, Spain. His website. Twitter: @victornuno * <– June 16, 2013 Camino Photo of the Week Camino de Santiago Photo of the Week Archive Twitter: @caminophotoofwk Each week adamnathan.com features an image or piece of writing that captures something special about the […]

From “The Greenery,” the blog of Kim Green, a self-described “gardener, writer, public radio producer, semi-retired flight instructor, retired Ultimate Frisbee player, and oft-humbled student of Russian.” Forgot the picture of the feet – although I love it – you have to read Kim’s list of the Camino by the Numbers as part of her […]

The Boy Scouts from Chapel Hill, North Carolina just raised over $6,000 for the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and walked the Camino from St. Jean Pied de Port to Finisterre. The full story here. I loved this quote from their trip leader Brian Burnham:  “Blistered feet? The Camino doesn’t care. Wet clothes? Camino doesn’t care. Music and […]

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. One of an excellent many at the Flickr site from Ray Rosa at rcpfotografia. His personal site with an account of his Camino and plenty of pictures can be […]

Camino walker, writer and enthusiast Jane Blanchard has put together a Pinterest collection of all books Camino here. If you’ve written a book about your Camino — and who hasn’t? — and you don’t see it here, then let her know!  * <– May 19, 2013 Camino Photo of the Week Camino de Santiago Photo […]

A small collection of charming illustrations from the Camino, including a pilgrim collecting garbage in his backpack along the Camino (at top of page). * <– May 12, 2013 Camino Photo of the Week Camino de Santiago Photo of the Week Archive Twitter: @caminophotoofwk Each week adamnathan.com features an image or piece of writing that […]

Laura Kaltenstein’s blog of her Camino across the northern Spanish route includes this shot of a small table set out with water, chairs and a credential stamp. * <– April 28, 2013 Camino Photo of the Week Camino de Santiago Photo of the Week Archive Twitter: @caminophotoofwk Each week adamnathan.com features an image or piece of […]