![]() Since the Middle Ages all these peoples have flourished under the protection of the Camino de Santiago, and with the resurgence of the Jacobean route from the end of the twentieth century today many find in the phenomenon of pilgrimage a way to continue to thrive.Īmong the villages on the Camino de Santiago, there are some very important historical villas, although in the history of the Jacobean routes, many of them are related to the French Way, such as Puente la Reina, in Navarra, where the two pilgrimage routes that cross from France, or Estella, with its important historical-artistic heritage. Many are beginning or end of a stage in routes such as the French Way, the Portuguese Way, the Primitive Way or the Northern Way and others are simply passing villas, but all are intimately related to the pilgrim, a figure that for centuries Sheltered from the cold, fed, and protected from the perils of thieves. ![]() However during all these centuries, if anything has continued to maintain the enormous influence of the Jacobean routes in the villages of the Camino de Santiago, which have determined its growth, history, commerce, prosperity and even its architecture.īoth in northern Spain, Portugal and France, we find a great number of beautiful villages whose existence even today can not be explained without the Camino de Santiago. "Once something's been identified like that, it can never have that blind hold on you that it did before," McCarthy said.Today the Camino de Santiago is no longer just a phenomenon of religious pilgrimage as understood by medieval walkers and worshipers, if not a huge path that extends throughout the Iberian Peninsula (and beyond) covered with many different reasons, Such as the desire for improvement, sport or the search for peace, just to name a few. ![]() McCarthy traces that fear back to ever-present anxieties that began during his childhood. It was on the Camino that those anxieties faded, and he finally felt what it is to not be afraid. And it was a revelation to me how much fear had dominated my life," he said. ![]() "In a moment of clarity, in the middle of a field of wheat, halfway into it … I broke down into this sobbing fit. "There are yellow arrows painted on the ground, painted on trees, on rocks that guide you across the entire country."īut the solitude and reflection of the walk was a life-changing experience for him. The walk itself doesn't require much more than "getting a good pair of walking shoes and going to Spain," he said. His movie stardom was fading, and he says he was looking to his future. McCarthy walked the Camino once before, in the 1990s. (Submitted by Andrew McCarthy) Breaking down into a sobbing fit McCarthy invited his son Sam to walk the Camino so that they could spend some time together. McCarthy wrote about their journey in his new book Walking with Sam: A Father, A Son, and 500 Miles Across Spain. "The Camino … gave me the greatest luxury you have with adult children - which is time." Not just in the parent-child, dominant-submissive or rebellious roles, but as adults, as equals, as peers," he said. It just dissolved, and I didn't want that to happen with my kids," McCarthy said. "My relationship with my dad ended pretty much when I left home at 17 years old and never looked back. An estimated 300,000 people still walk the Camino each year - some as an act of faith, others for personal reasons, or the opportunity for reflection.įor McCarthy it was a chance to spend time with Sam, and perhaps avoid repeating the history he had with his own father. The Camino de Santiago is an 800-km walking route across northern Spain, which began as a Catholic pilgrimage in honour of St. He explains why he wanted to do it again - this time with his son. Duration 2:23 Actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy had a profound experience walking the Camino de Santiago in his youth.
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