A Pilgrim Walk From My Own Front Door

own front door vancouver shoshana summer 2025 la concha

Inspired by European pilgrims who walk out their front doors and on to Santiago de Compostela, a woman is joined by fellow pilgrims to walk together from her home in Bellingham, WA, to the pilgrim gathering in Vancouver, BC.

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The Great Cultural Leveler

cultural levener lunch Kurt Fauser summer 2025 la concha

A man finds the Camino to be a great cultural leveler, helping us to see our fellow humans as more similar than different, a place where others are no longer strangers and the places they come from, once unfamiliar and maybe intimidating, no longer strange.

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Walking Away Stereotypes: My Camino of Listening

walk away stereotypes lisa elizabeth summer 2025 la concha

When a pilgrim walking the Camino Francés encounters a couple of fellow Americans oriented differently on the political spectrum than herself, she discovers that as they walk, talk, and listen to each other, they bridge divides and deepen their connections.

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The Flamenco Peregrinas

flamenco stage susan floreksummer 2025 la concha

After being dazzled by a flamenco performance in Madrid at the end of her Camino, a woman learns of a flamenco performance coming to her hometown of St. Louis. She reaches out to her local American Pilgrims chapter to see who might join her, forming a group of Flamenco-loving peregrina friends.

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Dancing with Authenticity

dancing granada john casaus summer 2025 la concha

On a night stroll through Granada, Spain, a pilgrim is drawn into a small-venue tablao to behold flamenco dancers whose moves authentically capture the soul of the city.

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The Accidental Tourist

Tower of Belem Hany Farang summer 25 la concha

In this essay, Hany Farag encourages pilgrims to embrace the role of “accidental tourist” by incorporating touristic stops before or along the Camino route for a deeper understanding of local culture and people.

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Santiago Serendipity

rua san pedro santiago carol guttery summer 2025 la concha

An American husband and wife are struck by the serendipitous moment that brings them together with a Chinese artist and an ethnic Chinese British subject from Hong Kong to share a meal at a restaurant in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

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Tired But Richer for the Camino

Watsons enroute to ponteveedra james sladack summer 2025 la concha

Two widowers in their 70s, friends since grade school though separated by time and life, embark on Camino together. Joined by family and friends, they arrive in Santiago tired but richer for the experience.

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Worth Every Misery to Persevere

Santiago Cathedral Colleen Monahan summer 2025 la concha

After a series of disappointments starts to cloud her second Camino experience, a pilgrim dreams one night of a seemingly perfect pilgrimage where everything goes to plan. And yet, upon arrival in Santiago, her dream-self feels empty. Her subconscious seems to recognize that overcoming challenges along the way is what contributes to a sense of exhilaration in the end, changing her outlook for the rest of her journey.

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Journeying Through Grief to Gratitude

journeying grief gratitude Dan Hamstra bridge summer 2025 la concha

A widower on Camino to grieve the death of his wife creates the intention of dedicating each day of his walk to a person or group that was a blessing to him. Somewhere along the way, he discovers that his grief has turned to gratitude.

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