Notes from the Camino
Short, honest posts about walking to Santiago — gear, money, routes and the things nobody warns you about.
Arkadiy Broun
Coming home from the Camino
Usually it isn't. The same job, the same flat, the same inbox. What's different is the way you're looking at all of it.
Arkadiy Broun
Boots or trail runners for the Camino
The boots vs trail runners debate never ends on the Camino. Here's the honest version.
Arkadiy Broun
Pamplona: where the Camino becomes real
Pilgrims know it as the place where the Camino becomes real.
Arkadiy Broun
On the Camino nobody knows your job
And it turns out that changes quite a lot.
Arkadiy Broun
What the first three days of the Camino feel like
Almost none of them tell you what the first three days actually feel like.
Arkadiy Broun
Eating enough on the Camino
Most pilgrims don't eat enough on the Camino. Not at the start, anyway.
Arkadiy Broun
Walkers and cyclists: the two speeds of the Camino
The Camino has two speeds. And they don't always get along.
Arkadiy Broun
León: give the cathedral a day
León arrives on roughly day eighteen of the Camino Francés, and most pilgrims are so focused on the road ahead that they give it one night and leave. This is worth reconsidering.
Arkadiy Broun
When you stop thinking in hours
At home, the day is divided by a calendar. Meetings at ten, lunch at one, the commute at six. Time is a series of obligations, each one pulling you toward the next. The future is always pressing in.
Arkadiy Broun
Your pack matters more than your boots
The single most important piece of gear on the Camino isn't your boots. It's your pack.
Arkadiy Broun
Where to start the Camino Francés
The Camino Francés is 780km from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago. You don't have to walk all of it.
Arkadiy Broun
The villages that live along the Camino
The Camino doesn't just pass through villages. It lives inside them.
