Wow!
The seed to walk the El Camino de Santiago de Compostela was planted 5 long years ago whilst having a "need to travel" with my brother Robert!
Wow! Freaking myself out knowing that the time has finally come.
I have walked the Camino in my mind hundreds of times.
I have a John Brierley guidebook of The Way of St. James - A Practical & Mystical Manual for the Modern Day Pilgrim also referred to as a Guide to the Camino de Santiago.
Anyway, I have devoured this guide, page by page, map by map, as well as watching YouTube videos of others' journey on the Camino Frances.
I have read books:
I have watched The Way with Martin Sheen - a father's experience walking the Camino, it only increased my desire to walk.
I am ready, so ready!
A little bit of statistics so far this year of the amount of pilgrims or pereginos or pèlerins that have made the journey so far:
January 2015 - 1, 217 (compared to 906 in 2014)
- 64.34% men
- 35.66% women of which 4.44% were 60 and over.
February 2015 - 1, 544 (compared to 970 in 2014)
- 61.59% men
- 38.41% women of which 4.73% were 60 and over.
March 2015 - 5, 080 (compared to 3,150 in 2014)
- 55.75% men
- 44.25% women of which 8.19% were 60 and over.
April stats not yet up, I will update when it is available. So, so far this year, 7, 841 brave souls!
Quite a steady increase from 2014 and, looks like women prefer warmer weather - smarte!
Buen Camino!
(Camino: way, path, journey, road)
yay!
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