2018 Introduction
In 2012 my girlfriend at the time Sara and I were looking for an active adventure vacation. We were debating a few different things when by chance we happened to watch a movie called The Way . Note if you haven't seen the movie it's actually pretty good. Shit it ultimately led to one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Inspired by the movie we decided to travel to Europe and hike El Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint James) via the Camino Francés (the French Way). It is a 490 mile route that runs from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the French side of the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles on the Spanish side and then another 780km on to Santiago de Compostela through the major cities of Pamplona, Logroño, Burgos and León. It took us just over one month to complete El Camino. Sara wanted our friends and family back home to share in our journey so she set up an account on Travelpod and began to blog our journey. Sara blogged the first two entires including an introduction and a ...