131. Camino de Santiago: Pilgrim Tips and Packing List

Rating:  ☆☆1/2

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Author:   S. Yates

Genre:  Non-Fiction, Travel

138 pages, published April 2013

Reading Format:  Book

 

Summary

Camino de Santiago:  Pilgrim Tips and Packing List is a travel book to read to prepare yourself for hiking the Camino de Santiago, the famous pilgrimage through Northern Spain immortalized in the movie The Way.  It provides an overview of the Camino and gives the reader of sense of what the journey will be like and the necessary equipment to bring.  

 

Quotes

“The mother of a friend of mine made her pilgrimage from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela and walked the complete 110 km/70 miles.  She managed to walk an average of 5 km/3 miles a day and her luggage was transported by a taxi.  The reason?  She had just finished her treatment for cancer and wanted to do the pilgrimage to celebrate and to thank God that she was still alive.  A real pilgrim?  I think YES!”

 

My Take

My husband Scot and I are hiking the Camino this June (2017) so I read this book in preparation for our journey.  While there was some useful information, there were not as many valuable takeaways as I was hoping for.