Our Journey

The French Way — Camino Francés — is the most iconic of the routes leading to Santiago de Compostela. Since the ninth century, when a hermit saw a light in a Galician field pointing to the apostle's tomb, millions of souls have taken to the road. Kings and beggars, believers and wanderers have all crossed the Pyrenees at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and headed west — toward finis terrae, the edge of the known world — guided by the Milky Way and by the silent call that still echoes a thousand years later.

We walk in their footsteps.

Nearly 800 kilometres, one step at a time. From Pyrenean passes that leave us breathless to Rioja's red vineyards; from the scorching Meseta — that great desert crossing that shatters illusions — to Galicia's emerald hills, where the rain finally washes away everything the pilgrim thought they were. Five or six weeks of walking, day after day, packs on our backs, beneath sun and storm. The body tires, then grows stronger. Blisters give way to rhythm. And somewhere between exhaustion and wonder, something opens.

That is the Camino: a physical trial that becomes a journey of the soul. A road where we set out in search of a place and end up finding ourselves.

Our approach

• Walking as a couple, at our own pace, free from any race for kilometres.
• Taking time to savour the stage towns — Pamplona, Burgos, León, Santiago… — and their stone cathedrals raised by centuries of faith.
• Sharing the adventure here, stage by stage, through encounters, silences and blisters.
• Unlearning comfort to rediscover, through effort, what everyday life made us forget: what truly matters.

Why this website?

To preserve a record of these weeks outside time, before they dissolve into the flow of everyday life.

To keep our loved ones updated as they follow us from home, stage by stage and time zone by time zone.

Perhaps to inspire those who dream about it without daring to take the leap — and whisper that a thousand-year-old path is waiting for their footsteps too.

Here you will find our detailed itinerary, our nightly trail journal, our photographs, and all the useful — or delightfully useless — information gathered along this adventure.

Welcome aboard. The pack is almost ready.