one step into Camino Frances
In summer 2006 I start a solitary search along the Camino Frances with the objective of finding elements of Taoism in Christianity. The now again modern concept of a pilgrimage seems to be the ancient correspondent to an Oriental way of life attributed to Lao Tze. My journey takes me from Vienna to Milan, from there to Monaco and Nice, and further on to Toulouse, Pau and Lourdes, where I spend most of the journey's time in the Parque National de Pyrenees, exhausting myself so much that I eventually make only a 100 km of the Spanish part into the Camino Frances having to fly back to Vienna from Vitoria-Gasteiz, therefore I made only one step into Camino Frances, which is a total 600 km long after the French border. Both natural beauty and cultural intensity, as well as my religious background topic make this a recommendable journey. I still plan to finish the route till Finisterre.
reading recommendations:
- Spanish Steps by Tim Moore: utterly funny travel read
- The Pilgrimage by Paolo Coelho: has turned into something like a classic for the Camino and has certainly helped to promote this journey.
- Ich bin dann mal weg by Hape Kerkeling: quite personal account of my favorite childhood comedian who took the Camino after a serious health problem.
- The Way by Emilio Estevez: movie about the a medical student (Estevez) who dies on the Camino. His father (Sheen) decides to walk the Camino when he travels to Spain to pick up his son‘s ashes.
- Spanish Steps by Tim Moore: utterly funny travel read
- The Pilgrimage by Paolo Coelho: has turned into something like a classic for the Camino and has certainly helped to promote this journey.
- Ich bin dann mal weg by Hape Kerkeling: quite personal account of my favorite childhood comedian who took the Camino after a serious health problem.
- The Way by Emilio Estevez: movie about the a medical student (Estevez) who dies on the Camino. His father (Sheen) decides to walk the Camino when he travels to Spain to pick up his son‘s ashes.
