The news spread like a California wildfire—and it was heard worldwide. There was a run on First Republic Bank, a 37-year San Francisco financial bedrock where I had worked for 13 years. My friend from ...

Pilgrims can choose an optional route when walking the Camino de Santiago Portugués Central. It's called the Variante Espiritual (Spiritual Variant in English) route. I walked it in August 2024, and ...

Camino Portuguese: Scenic, beginner-friendly terrain spans from Lisbon to Santiago, about 375 miles. Camino Inglés: The ...

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Why, I ask myself more than once, am I devoutly following bright yellow arrows and shells — walking alone, hiking poles in hand, too-heavy survival pack on my back — into unknown woodlands, farmlands ...

Four long-time friends, all experienced marathon runners, say their most challenging trek so far has been walking—covering nearly 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago (also known as the Way of St.

When director Emilio Estevez’ feature narrative film “The Way” was released in 2011, audiences across the United States and many countries were introduced for the first time to the ancient pilgrimage ...

I’m not religious. But I was raised Catholic—baptized, schooled, and taught to pray at church altars where priests heard confession. The tolling of bells during mass always felt like a call to reflect ...

Mark Wulf, 81, has never taken a weekend hike, but the retired Salem insurance salesman has now crossed the 500-mile Camino de Santiago route from France to northwestern Spain six times. He went solo ...