A week after Sobrino Jake, 18, left on his "Camino" I picked up a book he had left unread behind and began a vicarious journey of sorts with him and Hape Kerkeling, the author of this book.
Because I live on the Camino this chronology of one sojourner's pilgrimage from town to town on his way to Santiago de Compostela, the Way of St. James, is especially relevant for me. It is interesting both because of proximity and also because of the hundreds of pilgrims that make their way through our little city of Astorga. I appreciate Kerkeling's humorous style of what might have otherwise been a dry journal-entry type of narrative. Instead it was quite charming and inspiring.
"In our Western world, which is practically devoid of spirituality, we suffer from a lack of ritual. The Camino is a ritual that offers a genuine opportunity to take up a challenge. Every one of us needs something to hold on to, but the only stability comes from letting go." - Hape Kerkeling
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