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Dear Pilgrim Letters
Hello lovelies. I wrote these letters to any stranger considering walking the Camino de Santiago, specifically the most popular route from St. Jean Pied du Port to Santiago. I’ve walked those particular 500 miles at two very different times in my life, and I suspect I will do it one more time someday if I’m…
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14. On Arriving
To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, When you arrive in the Plaza do Obradoiro, take a moment to sit on the ground. I recommend a spot by one of the pillars toward the back of the square. This is where you’ll get the best view of it…
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13. On Why You Came Here
To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, Three-quarters of the way through our walk, somewhere right before Galicia, we passed a mother and daughter having an aggressive conversation. While we’d never shared a table with them, gossip along the trail was abundant about these two. It turns out…
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12. On Galicia
You’ve made it to Galicia. The bookending mountains reward you for your patience after weeks spent in the valley. You’ve entered the rainiest regions of Spain, and with that, comes a spectrum of colors never seen or noticed back home. Bathe in the pigments of Galicia.
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11. On Not Being a Richard Peregrino
To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) An extra note this week. In the context of my book, the term “Richard Peregrino” developed as a joke with my fellow hikers about not being a d*ck pilgrim. You wish that none of this would need to be said, but we all…
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10. On Making History
To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, As you head onto the well-trodden road beyond Astorga, it will become even more apparent that you are a part of something larger than yourself. The footsteps of millions that came before you mark the way as you mark the way…
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9. Dear Pilgrim: On Rage
To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) An extra note this week. This letter lived between chapters about when I finally let myself get really angry (about a whole bunch of stuff I talked about in the book) during my 2017 hike. It was one of the best things I…
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8. Dear Pilgrim: On the Meseta
To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, The Meseta may look like a kind of purgatory when you stand on its outskirts or count its kilometers on a map. Its reputation for being too simple, empty, and stark is like saying the ocean is too blue. But, yes,…
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6. Dear Pilgrim: On Honoring Your Story
As you fall into a natural rhythm, the resonance of your boots against the gravel will become a familiar sound. There is a cadence, a “sacred pace,” as they call it.
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5. Dear Pilgrim: On Navarra Through Burgos
You’ve made it past the Pyrenees; past the anticipation of the first steps. Ahead of you sit the Basque hills of Navarra and the fertile vineyards of La Rioja.
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