“Are you religious?”. It’s a question that I hear most often on the Camino than anywhere else. And much more often than “What do you do for a living?”. Why? Because what we do for a living is a factual subject, a safe subject, a coffee-shop-pub-and-bar subject. Whereas whether or not you believe in God;… Continue reading This is my Truth, Tell me Yours…
Last week I visited Poland for the first time. I went there to talk at a travel festival... ...and this was my presentation: "I first met Tomasz (who's organised this festival) 10 years ago on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. We met in a misty wood the evening before we both arrived in Santiago. … Continue reading Signposts for Another Way
Early this morning the clocks sprang forward one hour, symbolically reflecting this time of change and our forward movement into Spring. I hear birdsong all around me (all the more audible for the lack of vehicle hum and city noise that usually fills the streets here). I frequently see storks overhead, making their way to the… Continue reading Home thoughts from abroad…
La Casa de Paz 