About this episode

Chris shares his personal reasons for walking the Camino Francés in winter and the unique challenges he faced during his pilgrimage.

THE CHALLENGES OF WALKING A WINTER CAMINO Will I find a place to sleep? Will I find food? Will it rain the entire time? These are questions all pilgrims ask when getting ready to walk the Camino, but none more so than the winter pilgrim. Imagine walking the Camino when most services are closed, when only 75 of the 450+ albergues on the Francés route keep their doors open for the winter. Imagine walking into a town after a long day out in the cold and discovering the one albergue you thought would be open isn’t. In this episode we are talking with Chris, who walked the Camino Francés in the winter. But believe it or not, that is even the most interesting part of his story. What drew me in was why Chris walked, and that he is the father of Savannah, who you met in the last episode. To find open albergues on the Camino Francés in the winter: http://winterpilgrim.com/ The pilgrimage in Japan Chris talks about is called the Kumano Kodo. Learn more here: https://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/kumano-kodo/ FIND (AND FOLLOW) ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA Here's where to find my new video format on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nancyreynolds-CaminoExperience/shorts Facebook…

People in this episode

Host: Nancy

Guest: Chris

Topics covered

• winter pilgrimage
• Camino de Santiago
• personal stories
• challenges of pilgrimage
• travel experiences

Keywords

• winter Camino
• Camino Francés
• pilgrimage challenges
• Chris
• Savannah
• Kumano Kodo
• travel
• albergues

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Camino Francés, Japan

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