Most pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago say at first that they’re there for the exercise, or for a summer vacation adventure, or simply to get out of the house for a while. But when you walk with each other for a while, you often hear the true, underlying reason for undertaking such a long and arduous walk.
It truly is pilgrimage – deeply personal, often profoundly spiritual, sometimes wrenchingly emotional, and always, even if unintentionally, relational.
I went te Spain to walk the Camino alone, but fate or God graced me with the joy of walking most of it with Elisabeta Turi, for which I am forever grateful. She is a true pilgrim – enamored with beauty, persistent through her pain, open to what the moment holds, steady in her devotion. She was the ideal traveling companion for me, and will be also for all who read het rich account in this book and thus share thias pilgrimage with us.
Tony Blair, seminary president, pastor, and peregrino.
