How it all started.

At the age of 68, why would I undertake the Camino de Santiago? Well as much as I've heard about this pilgrimage walk, I was always more focused on bike tours, SCUBA diving vacations, and seeing all seven continents. Recently, however, I became more interested in exploring the area of my father's birthplace. He was born in a small coastal village in Galicia, Lira, which is close to the end town of Santiago De Compostela. While hiking with CMC last year, someone in the group was talking about the Camino and it caught my interest. So after some research and watching the movie, The Way, I signed up with Fresco Tours to do the last 160 km. I'll be a single but part of a group of 15 with a company that moves my luggage, feeds me three meals a day and houses us in 3 star hotels. I look forward to getting a good feel for the culture of where my father grew up and the living conditions of the Galician people.