Springtime stirs up feelings of wanderlust in me, banishing the tiresome plague of cabin fever. I want to throw a fresh toothbrush and a fat book into my backpack and take off. I want to go on pilgrimage. To begin again: that’s the meaning of pilgrimage, which – let’s face it – is what travel is all about. Leaving behind old ways, the interminable rut, filthy habits, worn-out relationships, the stultifying everyday sameness of routine, breaking out of the box, […]

Categories: Spain • Tags: Camino de Santiago, Cantebury Tales, Dillwyn Parrish, Geoffrey Chaucer, M. F. K. Fisher, Martin Sheen, Phil Cousineau, Pilgrimages, Shirley MacLaine, Spain, The Way, Way of St. James