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That would be amazing. I envy those of you who can start from your front door.For me there is only one answer: walk from home (Amsterdam). Which will happen, at some point.
Why ? I hope to answer that after I have walked it.
This sounds amazingThe Jerusalem Way starting in Finisterre to Jerusalem about 7,500 k's, 19 countries. Because I Love Jesus.
Well, I guess I better start walking.
Truly, if I was independently weathly I would definitely go for it.
Jerusalem Way / Jerusalem Way: Walking to Jerusalem - Jerusalem Pilgrims - Pilgrims Way: Route
The Jerusalem Way is the world's longest pilgrimage and international peace and cultural route! The route leads from the end of Europe in Finisterre to the beginning in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Way brings different religions, nations and cultures together in an extraordinary peace project and...www.jerusalemway.org
The Jerusalem Way starting in Finisterre to Jerusalem about 7,500 k's, 19 countries. Because I Love Jesus.
@Bradypus just posted a few links to articles about this.This sounds amazingwhat an experience this would be, need to start saving for my retirement!
In 2007 I met a 65 year old woman on Camino Frances who walked from Amsterdam -alone. I thought it was the most incredible thing I had ever heard. She was amazing. Now I am a nearly 71 year old woman walking from Seville (in Sept). Who would have imagined?For me there is only one answer: walk from home (Amsterdam). Which will happen, at some point.
Why ? I hope to answer that after I have walked it.
But there is nothing wrong with the Mozarabe of course
What is your grail camino
A very thought provoking question @jungleboy. Thank youWhat is your grail camino and what do you think of my choice?
The religious origin didn't bother me so much as the unattainability implication. Even if it wasn't deliberate, it raised some interesting points about how we approach our caminos.I didn’t take your reference to ‘grail’ as a religious reference, but rather as referring to something that one is eager to pursue.
For sure, there are many different approaches and motivations. I didn’t pick up on the implication of it being unattainable - and hope that doesn’t turn out to be the caseThe religious origin didn't bother me so much as the unattainability implication. Even if it wasn't deliberate, it raised some interesting points about how we approach our caminos.
Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. Sorry if that wasn’t clear. I just thought it was a more interesting way of asking, ‘Which camino do you want to do the most?’@jungleboy I didn’t take your reference to ‘grail’ as a religious reference, but rather as referring to something that one is eager to pursue.
Mine is the Via Francigena-- partly because I "failed" at it a year ago-- the abrupt transition from lockdown was too much for me and I bailed after walking Calais-Arras. But I have my flight booked and arrive back in Arras mid-August, and then all the way to Rome! There are more that I imagine walking--but this one is the one right now.What is the camino you most want to do? I tend to choose caminos to walk based on season and available time, which means not always choosing the one I most want to do.
If I had to name just one, it might be the Camino Mozárabe.
Andalucía is one of my favourite places in the world but I have only seen it through its major tourist cities (Seville, Granada, Córdoba), and I would love to spend more time there and explore it through landscapes and villages.
What is your grail camino and what do you think of my choice?
I’m shooting for that route in 203; when I turn 70. God willing my plan is to hit Santiago and Rome along the way.The Jerusalem Way starting in Finisterre to Jerusalem about 7,500 k's, 19 countries. Because I Love Jesus.
Well, I guess I better start walking.
Truly, if I was independently weathly I would definitely go for it.
Jerusalem Way / Jerusalem Way: Walking to Jerusalem - Jerusalem Pilgrims - Pilgrims Way: Route
The Jerusalem Way is the world's longest pilgrimage and international peace and cultural route! The route leads from the end of Europe in Finisterre to the beginning in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Way brings different religions, nations and cultures together in an extraordinary peace project and...www.jerusalemway.org
2034I’m shooting for that route in 203; when I turn 70. God willing my plan is to hit Santiago and Rome along the way.
Me tooMine would be the via podiensis (Le Puy Route) to Santiago.
Via Podiensis (Le Puy Route)
The via Podiensis, Le Puy route or Chemin du Puy-en-Velay, now also known as the GR®65, is one of the four major French tributaries of the Camino Frances and cpilgrimagepublications.com
Best of luck this time around! If you need any tips on Rome, let me know (I used to be a tour guide there).Mine is the Via Francigena-- partly because I "failed" at it a year ago-- the abrupt transition from lockdown was too much for me and I bailed after walking Calais-Arras. But I have my flight booked and arrive back in Arras mid-August, and then all the way to Rome! There are more that I imagine walking--but this one is the one right now.
Some great answers so far! I must admit that I limited my scope to ‘standard’ routes but my little Mozárabe pales in comparison to some of the epic caminos proposed by others. Maybe I’ll tack on the VdlP to make mine seem a bit worthier of the others!
My thoughts entirely @Albertagirl. My Caminos have all been more like a 'simple twist of fate'rather than something in which I have exercised great control or even desire. I walked my first - Camino Frances - because I heard of this 2 week long walk in the French countryside. It sounded lovely and it was quite a while before I realised I was actually a Pilgrim walking 900k to Santiago. This year the fates have me on my way to the VdlP in Sept and I even looked at starting from the coast somewhere. And now I have heard of Moźarabe. Mmmmm. That feels a bit 'grailish'. Thanks @jungleboy for the heads up as it were.For me this is an odd question. I feel called to camino, but the more that I feel called, the less it seems that I can claim anything about the camino as my idea, or ideal. And the grail was, in tradition, a title for the cup from which Jesus offered his blood to his disciples on the night before he died. This may be, for some, a high and holy goal. My caminos seem to come together through a great deal of planning, which is just as likely to fall apart or be unsuccessful from my perspective, as to lead to enlightenment. Maybe I can say that my next camino will be my next opportunity to walk full time with my Lord as best I can, wherever I end up, physically and spiritually. I hope that He knows what is going on, for I am pretty sure that I don't.
Mozarabe is up there for me, but not quite at the top of the list. Starting from (or passing through) Sevilla is very nice, but I think passing through Granada and Cordoba is even nicer.What is the camino you most want to do? I tend to choose caminos to walk based on season and available time, which means not always choosing the one I most want to do.
If I had to name just one, it might be the Camino Mozárabe.
Andalucía is one of my favourite places in the world but I have only seen it through its major tourist cities (Seville, Granada, Córdoba), and I would love to spend more time there and explore it through landscapes and villages.
What is your grail camino and what do you think of my choice?
In a related story, after my 2016 Camino with my son we had a few weeks to visit different parts of Spain before our flight home. Last on the list was Valencia, so we could take part in the Tomatina festival/tomato fight just before our flight (my son was 16 at the time). In Valencia resides the reputed Holy Grail, as you note. Also, in Valencia were signs painted on the streets with shells and yellow arrows reminding us we were still on the Camino. So that's another Grail Camino.Oh, I never have an answer for questions like this (favorite book, movie, color, etc.) But while the thread title has grail in quotation marks, meaning a symbolic grail, Nick omitted them from the ending question of the original post. That allows me a grail and me post.
Our plan for 2015 following our Camino Francés was to do some hiking in the Pyrenees. That didn't happen because we took twice as long to walk the CF than we figured on. That meant I didn't visit the old monastery of San Juan de la Peña that I wanted to see. The monks are reputed to have been the caretakers of the Holy Grail for centuries.
In 2019 I had a second chance to visit San Juan. I walked there from Barcelona, 17 days on the Camino Catalan. Their grail had been given up; it now resides in the cathedral in Valencia. There is a reproduction there though. So that was my grail camino.
Walkers along the Camino Aragonese can take the Camino Catalan as a side trip to visit San Juan de la Peña [photos]. It is a 10 km walk to it from Santa Cilia on the Aragonese.
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I saw this BBC video recently about the grail in Valencia which prompted me to post here. It doesn't mention San Juan by name but does say that the grail was kept near Huesca. Clicking the arrow will play an embedded video but since the video is in Spanish click on the title instead; that will allow you to play with controls like casting, close captions and translation subtitles.
And my grail game is a good board game based on the Camino. I've seen a couple. And I've seen a couple of others that give me ideas for mechanics that could be used (Tokkaido springs to mind). Board games with geographic themes seem to do pretty well. I'm just waiting for the perfect Camino game.Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. Sorry if that wasn’t clear. I just thought it was a more interesting way of asking, ‘Which camino do you want to do the most?’
(In the board game collecting world, a ‘grail game’ is the game that someone most wants to add to their collection but has been unable to so far, typically because it’s out of print and hard to find. That’s where I got the expression from.)
Mozarabe is definitely on my list, we shall see if it happens. I fell in love with Seville, Cordoba and Granada when I was there in '21. The architecture was stunning and I had wanted to visit Alhambra since I first heard about it when I was a teenager.What is the camino you most want to do? I tend to choose caminos to walk based on season and available time, which means not always choosing the one I most want to do.
If I had to name just one, it might be the Camino Mozárabe.
Andalucía is one of my favourite places in the world but I have only seen it through its major tourist cities (Seville, Granada, Córdoba), and I would love to spend more time there and explore it through landscapes and villages.
What is your grail camino and what do you think of my choice?
*Develop a blister. Miss a turn.And my grail game is a good board game based on the Camino. I've seen a couple. And I've seen a couple of others that give me ideas for mechanics that could be used (Tokkaido springs to mind). Board games with geographic themes seem to do pretty well. I'm just waiting for the perfect Camino game.
Ooooh! Excellent question.What is the camino you most want to do? I tend to choose caminos to walk based on season and available time, which means not always choosing the one I most want to do.
If I had to name just one, it might be the Camino Mozárabe.
Andalucía is one of my favourite places in the world but I have only seen it through its major tourist cities (Seville, Granada, Córdoba), and I would love to spend more time there and explore it through landscapes and villages.
What is your grail camino and what do you think of my choice?
How about a card game that works similarly to Trivial Pursuit combined with an RPG? I have a hand-made game from Galicia called ULTREIA and it's good fun.*Develop a blister. Miss a turn.
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