Welcome to La Concha. Read first hand accounts of pilgrim experiences along The Way.
Having stood witness to his Camino family united by individual losses, a pilgrim who has returned home faces his own deep personal loss. And in that darkest moment, a pilgrim friend’s gesture from across the Atlantic Ocean brings him light.
As they walk together in the rain, one pilgrim’s openness and honesty allows the other pilgrim to show his vulnerability, too.
While making a pilgrimage in honor of his friend who died on Camino the previous year, a stroke survivor learns how to accept help from others; view curses as blessings; and find peace, gratitude and new life to celebrate.
With ample time to reflect on 72 years of life and be present to appreciate what the Camino offers, a man’s heart opens to find a renewed spiritual relationship.
After her father’s unexpected death, a heartbroken woman feels called to the Camino, where her physical suffering helps her unburden her emotional pain.
A Montana cowboy and horse veterinarian trades his boots and tack for hiking books and a pilgrim’s pack.
The thrum of encounters with locals and Camino family along the way help a pilgrim attune to and appreciate the rhythm of community around him back home.
A peregrina carries scraps of cloth with her as she walks and stitches the fabric together to recreate her Camino experience in a textile art piece.
On Day 1, an observant hostess and soon-to-be Camino family help a man find a rhythm that would carry him along his pilgrimage.
A father walks the Camino in memory of his 17-year-old daughter who was killed in an automobile accident.