Europe

Thoughts on Prague: A Raid on the Inarticulate

Especially after ending my trip on a lovely, late, moonlit stroll through a park and a neighborhood filled with bars and cafes, punctuated by the deeply disturbing image of gigantic babies appearing to climb a 216 meter TV tower and the appearance of the Giant Rats of the Žižkov District, I find trying to summarize my visit to this beautiful, complex, and...

You Choose With Whom You Walk

One of the things you’ll hear people on the Camino talk about a great deal is the strange and wonderful way you meet and find yourself talking with people from all walks of life during the journey. Yesterday morning, after what was my hardest day on the Camino, spent almost entirely alone in the rain, I walked back 100 meters or so to walk with a person who’d shared...

Mostly Cantabria, All Northern Spain Photos

After just over three wonderful weeks in a cabin in Cantabria, filled with writing, hiking, and touring about, I’m headed off to what looks like it will be a rainy final six days of the Camino de Santiago tomorrow. Cantabria was entirely more beautiful and varied than I had expected, from soaring mountain passes, insanely winding roads, blue seas, white beaches, and...