An Atheist's Pilgrimage
In January, 2021, to keep in shape during the pandemic, I started participating in virtual challenges . I would pretend that I was travelling along a world-famous route whilst walking around the block—or even, around the house—or by getting on my bike. Being the winter in Ottawa, the first bike I rode was my indoor spin bike. My Camino de Santiago medal. The first route that I 'took,' using The Conqueror Virtual Challenges app, was the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail, which is more than 770 kilometres and runs from Saint-Paul-Pied-de-Port, in Southern France, crosses over the Pyrenees Mountains, and finishes in Santiago de Compostela, in northwestern Spain. DW also purchased this challenge (she was the one who suggested that we do this virtual trek) and we could see each other's progress as we went along. Though I had known about this trail long before DW and I started the virtual journey, the Camino de Santiago really wasn't on my radar as far as travels I want...
