Tag Archives: St. Peter
The Final Stop—But This Story Isn’t Over Yet!
At twenty past eight I was shaken out of a very deep sleep in which I was dreaming that I had just won a marathon (sometimes the subconscious doesn’t bother with subtlety in its imagery) by Andrew telling me that … Continue reading
Pilgrimages and Santiago de Compostela
Today we leave the path we have followed for much of our trip through Germany, the Camino. That is, the Camino de Santiago, or Jakobsweg, as it’s called here. The map of sixteenth-century Europe is criss-crossed with routes to Compostela, … Continue reading
Where Does It All End?
A reader asked recently about our destination. Obviously it’s Rome, but earlier we emphasized that getting to the destination is not the principal goal of a pilgrimage—otherwise we, at least, could skip the 1000 mile slog on foot and take … Continue reading
