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My Healing Journey This page is about my journey across north of Spain to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

17/12/2019

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06/08/2016

Day 3. Senda Litoral- right on the beach.

In October last year I attempted to walk a small part of Via Francigena in Tuscany. It's the ancient road and the pilgri...
30/07/2016

In October last year I attempted to walk a small part of Via Francigena in Tuscany. It's the ancient road and the pilgrim route for those wishing to see the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul in Rome and its starting point is at the cathedral in Canterbury, England.

As you can imagine it stretches through vast and beautiful lands but it's beauty is yet to be discovered by pilgrims bound for Rome on foot. Unlike the Way of St. James in Spain it lacks some infrastructure and much recognition. It's not very popular yet and a lot of my Italian friends from London didn't know about it.

I set out for 6 day in October half-term to test the waters. It turned out to be an interesting experience. I visited Pisa, Siena and Florence; walked through some smaller towns like Lucca where I stumbled upon Lucca Comic and Games festival, Altopascio where I slept, drunk and ate local produce for free. In the picturesque town of towers- San Gimignano the cheapest bed I could find cost €60! In there I met the only other pilgrim I met on my way.

To avoid running out of money I started hitchhiking. I traveled to larger cities where I could sleep for €8 a night in hostels. I had the pleasure to travel with Emanuel- artichoke farmer, Sidony- nurse, Fabiola-fashion designer, Lucilla- Latin teacher and Rafaele- builder. Thank you guys!

It's been a very different type of experience to walking the Camino in Spain. I really didn't feel like a pilgrim. It lacked fellow pilgrims and spirituality one experiences in churches and cathedrals on the St. James's Way.

Although it felt more like a walking/ hitchhiking holiday it's been a value a experience and I would like to continue this journey one day.

For now I'm about to set off on another adventure in just a couple of day.

30/07/2016
I do like selfies :)
04/07/2016

I do like selfies :)

12/05/2016

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19/02/2016
14/02/2016

Santa Vera Cruz y Confalon in Astorga a year ago. I stumbled upon them on a truly mystical night.

14/02/2016

An evening mass is about to start in Portomarin

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