A Pilgrim's Journey; 3000 Kilometers from Rome to Santiago

Curious about the differences between a life lived at a 5 km/h. walking pace and contemporary life lived at 100, or 1000 km/h., the author undertook 2/3 of the medieval pilgrim’s hat trick, walking from Rome to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. His three-year camino took him through the Alps to Briancon, France, from there to the foothills of the Pyrenees, and finally across the Pyrenees, through Santiago and on to Finisterra on Spain’s Atlantic coast.
He shares his observations of the cultur...