Buen Camino!
by Natasha Murtagh /
2011 / English / EPUB
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This is the story of an Irish father and his 18-year-old daughter
and their 500 mile walk together across northern Spain along the
ancient pilgrim route to the tomb of St James. Peter and Natasha's
journey starts in drizzle and wind as they scale Croagh Patrick,
Ireland's Holy Mountain in Mayo, before setting off immediately
afterwards for the Pyrenees in France. There, they start walking
the Camino, the Way of St James, to Santiago de Compostela. It is a
grueling trek over three mountain ranges; through fields and
valleys, villages, towns and cities, to the lush countryside and
forests of Galicia, and eventually to Finisterre, the pagan end of
the earth. Along the way, they meet a motley collection of other
pilgrims with whom they laugh, cry and above all have fun amid
moments of high drama, exhilaration and sometimes exhaustion. They
run with the bulls and parade in a fiesta; they pray with the
faithful, and explore the Camino's rich Christian and pagan
history; they stay in its sometimes Spartan pilgrim hostels and
appreciate the richness of living simply. ""A lovely book for those
who have done the Camino, or like me, are thinking of doing
it.""--The Dubliner. ""This is a travel book, certainly, but it is
much much, more than that. It's about family and friendship and
camaraderie, and it is, in the end, a wonderfully warm story about
the bond between a loving adventurous father and his daughter ready
to embrace the world.""-The Irish Mail on Sunday.
This is the story of an Irish father and his 18-year-old daughter
and their 500 mile walk together across northern Spain along the
ancient pilgrim route to the tomb of St James. Peter and Natasha's
journey starts in drizzle and wind as they scale Croagh Patrick,
Ireland's Holy Mountain in Mayo, before setting off immediately
afterwards for the Pyrenees in France. There, they start walking
the Camino, the Way of St James, to Santiago de Compostela. It is a
grueling trek over three mountain ranges; through fields and
valleys, villages, towns and cities, to the lush countryside and
forests of Galicia, and eventually to Finisterre, the pagan end of
the earth. Along the way, they meet a motley collection of other
pilgrims with whom they laugh, cry and above all have fun amid
moments of high drama, exhilaration and sometimes exhaustion. They
run with the bulls and parade in a fiesta; they pray with the
faithful, and explore the Camino's rich Christian and pagan
history; they stay in its sometimes Spartan pilgrim hostels and
appreciate the richness of living simply. ""A lovely book for those
who have done the Camino, or like me, are thinking of doing
it.""--The Dubliner. ""This is a travel book, certainly, but it is
much much, more than that. It's about family and friendship and
camaraderie, and it is, in the end, a wonderfully warm story about
the bond between a loving adventurous father and his daughter ready
to embrace the world.""-The Irish Mail on Sunday.
