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This is a collection of articles written by various CaminoWays consultants

Dinner on the Camino

Camino Recipe: Vegetable Paella

Camino Recipe: Vegetable Paella Paella is a traditional rice dish from the Valencia area, in the Eastern part of Spain, but it has become so popular you are likely to find it all over Spain, also along the Camino de Santiago, of course. Ingredients may vary. Our friends from Spanish food and catering specialist company

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Camino Recipe: Vegetable Paella Paella is a traditional rice dish from the Valencia area, in the Eastern part of Spain, but it has become so popular you are likely to find it all over Spain, also along the Camino de Santiago, of course. Ingredients may vary. Our friends from Spanish food and catering specialist company

Camino Recipe: garden-style lentil stew

Camino Recipe: garden-style lentil stew

Camino Recipe: garden-style lentil stew Our friends from Spanish food and catering specialists in Dublin FoodFiesta.ie share a new Camino recipe this month: a hearty and full of goodness garden-style lentil stew, ‘lentejas a la jardinera’. What you will need: 300 g lentils (brown or green) 1 onion 2-3 potatoes -2 carrots -1 green pepper

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Camino Recipe: garden-style lentil stew Our friends from Spanish food and catering specialists in Dublin FoodFiesta.ie share a new Camino recipe this month: a hearty and full of goodness garden-style lentil stew, ‘lentejas a la jardinera’. What you will need: 300 g lentils (brown or green) 1 onion 2-3 potatoes -2 carrots -1 green pepper

A Typical Day on the Camino

A road less travelled on the Camino

A road less travelled on the Camino Two pilgrims decided to venture off the beaten track, walking the Silver Road from Seville to Santiago de Compostela, away from the commercialism of the usual route. They tell PERRY O’DONOVAN about their journey. TIM MACEY AND Laurence Leleu were just two of the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims

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A road less travelled on the Camino Two pilgrims decided to venture off the beaten track, walking the Silver Road from Seville to Santiago de Compostela, away from the commercialism of the usual route. They tell PERRY O’DONOVAN about their journey. TIM MACEY AND Laurence Leleu were just two of the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims

Cathedral in Orléans

10 Must-See attractions in Orléans

10 Must-See attractions in Orléans The city of Orléans is located on the Paris & Tours Way, the Camino de Santiago taking pilgrims from Paris to Orléans. If you are lucky enough to walk this Camino route, we have selected 10 Must-See attractions in Orléans. The beautiful city of Orléans has a rich history, as different

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10 Must-See attractions in Orléans The city of Orléans is located on the Paris & Tours Way, the Camino de Santiago taking pilgrims from Paris to Orléans. If you are lucky enough to walk this Camino route, we have selected 10 Must-See attractions in Orléans. The beautiful city of Orléans has a rich history, as different

Brandon Wilson writing Along the Templar Trail

Brandon Wilson’s Award-Winning “Along the Templar Trail”

Brandon Wilson’s Award-Winning “Along the Templar Trail” In this time of political grandstanding, it is refreshing to hear about someone who quite literally, “walks the talk.” Recently, author/photographer Brandon Wilson and his 68-year-old French friend completed an eleven-country walk for peace from France to Jerusalem. In doing so, they founded the “Templar Trail.” Wilson’s inspiring

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Brandon Wilson’s Award-Winning “Along the Templar Trail” In this time of political grandstanding, it is refreshing to hear about someone who quite literally, “walks the talk.” Recently, author/photographer Brandon Wilson and his 68-year-old French friend completed an eleven-country walk for peace from France to Jerusalem. In doing so, they founded the “Templar Trail.” Wilson’s inspiring

Quenching a thirst for adventure

A Thirst for Adventure, by Teresa McQuerrey

A Thirst for Adventure, by Teresa McQuerrey Martin Szekeresh has a thirst for adventure. It is a condition that has plagued him for many years and resulted in a treasure trove of memories and great stories. He quenches that thirst with frequent visits to the Grand Canyon. In fact, he is planning a camping trip

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A Thirst for Adventure, by Teresa McQuerrey Martin Szekeresh has a thirst for adventure. It is a condition that has plagued him for many years and resulted in a treasure trove of memories and great stories. He quenches that thirst with frequent visits to the Grand Canyon. In fact, he is planning a camping trip

Two women together on the Camino

Remembering the Camino – the tale of two women

Remembering the Camino – the tale of two women, by Sharon Remembering the Camino, Cindy Thomas still can’t believe she walked 800 kilometers in Spain this fall. Would she do it again? Without question -it was the opportunity of a lifetime and a learning experience filled with challenges and precious memories she will never forget.

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Remembering the Camino – the tale of two women, by Sharon Remembering the Camino, Cindy Thomas still can’t believe she walked 800 kilometers in Spain this fall. Would she do it again? Without question -it was the opportunity of a lifetime and a learning experience filled with challenges and precious memories she will never forget.

Town on the Way of St James

Camino de Santiago: Uniting will of spirit, work of flesh

Camino de Santiago: Uniting will of spirit, work of flesh A couple of springs ago we were lost in the Mark Twain National Forest in southern Missouri. The brush was dense and the light was closing between dark curtains of elm and oak trees. Our camping gear was up a cliff a couple miles away.

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Camino de Santiago: Uniting will of spirit, work of flesh A couple of springs ago we were lost in the Mark Twain National Forest in southern Missouri. The brush was dense and the light was closing between dark curtains of elm and oak trees. Our camping gear was up a cliff a couple miles away.

Culture Pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela

Culture Pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela

Culture Pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela, By INGRID K. WILLIAMS ON a cloudy June afternoon after midday Mass in the ornate granite cathedral in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, the adjacent plaza heaved with tourists, many toting walking sticks and bulging backpacks. For centuries, self-proclaimed pilgrims have trekked dozens and sometimes hundreds of

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Culture Pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela, By INGRID K. WILLIAMS ON a cloudy June afternoon after midday Mass in the ornate granite cathedral in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela, the adjacent plaza heaved with tourists, many toting walking sticks and bulging backpacks. For centuries, self-proclaimed pilgrims have trekked dozens and sometimes hundreds of

Path on Kurt's Camino journey

Kurt Koontz – A Million Steps

Author Kurt Koontz, shares his reflections on his million-step Camino de Santiago journey with the CaminoWays.com readers. Enjoy it! A million is a rough estimate of the number of steps I took while walking the Camino de Santiago. I made the calculation on day 13 of my trek as I walked along a portion of

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Author Kurt Koontz, shares his reflections on his million-step Camino de Santiago journey with the CaminoWays.com readers. Enjoy it! A million is a rough estimate of the number of steps I took while walking the Camino de Santiago. I made the calculation on day 13 of my trek as I walked along a portion of

Trek along the Camino de Santiago

Your Camino: Santiago de Compostela – Victor Frank

Your Camino: Santiago de Compostela – Victor Frank *By Victor Frank Vere, from Canada, who travelled the Portuguese Way route of the Camino de Santiago from Tui with CaminoWays.com Dorothy was told to follow the yellow brick road in the film the Wizard of Oz if she wanted to locate the wizard and find her

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Your Camino: Santiago de Compostela – Victor Frank *By Victor Frank Vere, from Canada, who travelled the Portuguese Way route of the Camino de Santiago from Tui with CaminoWays.com Dorothy was told to follow the yellow brick road in the film the Wizard of Oz if she wanted to locate the wizard and find her

The Pyrenees on the Camino de Santiago Way

Don George’s #TripLit: Paris to the Pyrenees

Don George’s #TripLit: Paris to the Pyrenees In recent years the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, has gained a certain cachet. Books have been written on it; movies have been made about it. Almost invariably, the focus of these accounts has been the Spanish portion of the pilgrimage, culminating with arrival at the

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Don George’s #TripLit: Paris to the Pyrenees In recent years the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, has gained a certain cachet. Books have been written on it; movies have been made about it. Almost invariably, the focus of these accounts has been the Spanish portion of the pilgrimage, culminating with arrival at the

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