Sarria

We did the El Camino.

We did the final 117 kilometers from Sarria to Santiago literally a couple weeks ago.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Day one.

Here I am walking from Sarria to Ferreiros.

Um Several months ago, I did something I never expected to.

I set out on an ancient pilgrimage that dates back to the Middle Ages.

I also asked other pilgrims to contribute to it.

And on my flight, I noticed that about half the people around me seemed to be carrying walking gear.

It made me wonder how many of us were there with the same plan, fly into Santiago and then head to Sarria.

Sarria is one of the most popular gateways for the Camino because it meets the minimum required distance of 100 kilometers to receive your pilgrimage certificate.

To receive a Compostela in Santiago, which is a certificate of completion, which people like to get, you have to walk at least 100 kilometers somewhere on one of the Caminos, and then you have to finish your walk in Santiago.

So the number one destination for people to start their Camino in all of the Caminos is is Sarria, which is 100 kilometers out from Santiago.

So all of the Spanish people, a lot of people that only have like a week to go, they come in from all over Europe and they start in Sarria.

So if you've been walking for 30 days or 25 days and all of a sudden you get to Sarria, you might have been the only one on the trail for hours or maybe two people.

You get to Sarria and you're walking in from there and it's 20, 30 people all around you all the time.

Like you can see hordes of people in front of you.

It's a different kind of Camino.