Welcome to La Concha. Read first hand accounts of pilgrim experiences along The Way.
Disoriented in the waning light and from exhaustion, and unable to rely on her phone to navigate, a pilgrim speaks out loud to a higher power and surrenders. In that moment, she feels a quiet peace that allows her to receive the knowledge she needs to find her way.
A husband reflects on the Camino journey he shared with his wife after her Parkinson’s diagnosis.
After a man is annoyed by the behavior of someone staying at the same albergue, he realizes the other pilgrim is a mirror reflecting an image of himself he is not proud of.
The Infant Jesus of Prague becomes a source of comfort to a woman after the dissolution of her marriage and all the way to the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela.
An obscured Camino marker and the kindness of locals lead two pilgrims to find a sense of connection and camaraderie one morning on the Finisterre route.
A woman’s Camino dreams are dashed when she suffers a brain injury. Then people in her local American Pilgrims chapter help her find a renewed sense of purpose and direction that becomes her “inner flecha,” or arrow pointing the way to see her pilgrimage as possible.
Labeled a “loser” at 17, a woman later walks the Camino Francés. With each step toward Santiago, that hurtful, unhelpful word dissolves and she replaces it with a powerful mantra: “I can do hard things.”
With no other accommodations available in Agés, a pilgrim finds shelter at the home of a woman named Belén, the Spanish word for Bethlehem! This felt to her like a miracle.
Under a dark morning sky, heavy with rain and punctuated by lightning and thunder, a pilgrim sets out. Searching for the familiar yellow arrows she had followed for days, she sees none. Out of nowhere, a pilgrim appears, wearing a bright yellow poncho—a beacon in the storm to guide her way.
Repeatedly encountering three men who’ve become a source of annoyance to her, a pilgrim is nudged by a divine thought to consider why she continues to see these men every day. Perhaps she could see their presence as an invitation to love, rather than as a nuisance.