Several times in the past month, El Camino de Santiago has come up in conversation among my friends. For those who are unfamiliar with it, El Camino is a pilgrimage route in Spain. The Way of Saint James is a series of routes, predominantly taken on foot, along the Pyrenees and Asturias Mountains (though one can also take a route from Seville) leading to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the burial place of St. James the Apostle. Every year, tens of thousands of pilgrims walk El Camino. A few years ago, Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez brought El Camino to the big Screen in the movie, The Way. Ever since I first heard about it and subsequently saw the movie, I have wanted to walk it. Read more
Vacation planning time is upon us. Tis the season when families are cementing their summer plans and dreaming about visiting exotic locales. Growing up, our vacations always consisted of borrowing a friend’s condo at the beach for a week or traveling with my father on business to places like Dover, New Hampshire or Long Island, New York. We didn’t go far, but we always had fun. I’ll never forget the time we stayed at a motel outside of Williamsburg. I still remember thinking that it had to be the grandest hotel in the world with its strawberry shaped pool and vending machines right in our hallway. In my mind, it was truly a magical vacation that included stops in Colonial Williamsburg and the now extinct pottery factory, a must-see place for all travelers at the time. 
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