Three years ago, my daughter, Rachel, introduced me to the Camino de Santiago Compostela, The Way of St. James. The Camino is a group of ancient Christian pilgrimage trails that lead from all over Spain and Europe to the city of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. There, according to tradition, in the city’s great cathedral, rest the remains of James the Elder, one of the early apostles, one of the sons of Zebedee. Legend has it that after his martyrdom in Jerusalem, St. James body came to Spain undamaged by a storm in the Mediterranean because it had been cradled in scallop shells. For over 1,000 years Christians have been walking the Camino, bearing the scallop shell, to visit the cathedral as a special way to commune with God. After three years of planning, saving, and praying, I will leave to make my own pilgrimage along the Camino in May and June of 2012. Buen camino, peregrino.
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