It started with "I'm going for a walk." Three days later, we were booking our Camino to walk 150 miles across Portugal and Spain.
In our first episode of Travel Joneses, we go back to the beginning of our Camino Portugués, the 150-mile (242 km) pilgrimage from Porto, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. We talk about where the idea came from, the books that lit the spark, the doubts we had about training through a Florida summer, and the moment we finally said yes.
If you've ever wondered whether the Camino is for you, or whether you're " "too busy," or "not that kind of person," this one's for you.

📘 CHAPTERS
0:00 "I'm going for a walk"
0:19 Welcome to Travel Joneses
1:05 A lifelong cyclist goes for a 7-mile walk
2:32 The book that started it all
4:26 How we first heard about the Camino
6:02 What is the Camino de Santiago?
6:43 Our Camino reading list
9:46 "Nobody's walking the Camino without me"
11:01 Our first walks together
14:13 Empty nesters and choosing the Camino Portugués
16:17 Off to REI for trekking poles
17:19 Serendipity: meeting Greg, our first Camino angel
20:12 Our real "why"
22:20 Walking as a couple: giving each other space
24:02 Any doubts?
25:03 Training for 12 miles a day
26:59 Florida heat and becoming mall walkers
30:20 Booking, and why there's no wrong way to walk it
31:53 Coming up next + send us your questions
33:49 Credits

🎙️MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
You Are The One by Kute Blackson
I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago by Hape Kerkeling
Walking with Sam by Andrew McCarthy
Off the Road by Jack Hitt
The Way (2010), starring Martin Sheen

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