For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
... forking from my Hello! thread...
The next Aachen Pilgrimage will take place from June 18th - 28th, 2021.
On occasion of the consecration of Aachen cathedral about 800 AD, Charlemagne received cloth relics from Jerusalem as a gift; since the 13th century, they are kept in St Mary's Shrine...
Great! ;) Situations like these make me smile, but re-thinking them during the next hours of walking, they sometimes open up a deeper meaning to me. It's when your way begins to talk to you... :)
Thank you very much for the hint, Kanga! Since I am new here, I do not yet oversee the wealth of information here... This forum seems to be a great place...
Hi Pinker to!
Thank you very much for your good wishes!
Trondheim/Nidaros in Norway had been one of the four important European pilgrim destinations (Rome in the South, Jerusalem in the East, Santiago in the West, Nidaros in the North) until the middle ages - then, under reformation pilgrimage...
A enigmatic town exit sign near Dortmund, Germany, just after setting off on the St Olav Way to Trondheim, Norway. A cold, rainy day.
Where do I come from?
Where am I going?
I cycled the Camino Francés from Leon together with friends from school in 1989.
Some years ago, I rediscovered pilgrimage as a form of spirituality and expression of my faith after having met Christian Rutishauser, a Swiss Jesuit who walked from Switzerland to Jerusalem together with some...
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon