I walked with my sister-in-law in 2019 from Sarria to Santiago and the best thing that happened to me was the second day out I lost my phone. Got to Santiago in the rain and didn’t get our certificate but we got our stamp at the end.I didn’t really realize what I had accomplished and when it meant until I got home. It was a wonderful experience at 80 years old.
My good friend Pete walked the camino about 10 years ago. He was going through some really heavy stuff in his life so he felt the Camino would help his mental state. I recall him calling me along his 35-day journey. He had some amazing stories to tell. He had a life-changing experience, although the real effect to his spirit took more than 35 days. He's no longer with us, he passed away roughly 3 years after his walk. I really miss him. He's the only person I know who has even walked The Camino De Santiago. Maybe I'll go for it some day.
I've heard a few people saying that The Camino changes you as a person. My experience of extensive travelling is that it doesn't change you. But, if you're lucky, it gives you the urge to go home and get your life in order, start taking things a bit more seriously, treat people a bit better, and have a bit more regard for yourself too. That's where you change and become a better person - at home.
You are contradicting yourself. You said Camino or extensive traveling "doesn't change you" - but when you go home you do things differently. What are you trying to say about the process that "doesn't change you"?? confused, because the person you brought home did change if their actions are different at home because of the travel/camino.
@@ajourneyoftransformation Read the bottom line of my post 'at home'. That might help you to see where I changed for the better. All the travelling around the world prior to that was an extension of my unfulfilling drifting life.
I disagree with you - every single time I have travelled overseas from my home country, and also every time I have travelled extensively around my own country, it has changed me during the journey as well as the lasting legacy. Travelling is the best educational opportunity in the world when we have open eyes, ears, noses, taste buds, fingertips, minds and hearts. If you have managed to travel without changing even a little bit as a person, then you must have been so closed off you may as well have stayed at home 🏡 and engaged in therapy. Maybe it's that your self awareness is lacking and you don't recognise subtle changes in yourself during the journey.🙆🏻♀️ Your initial comment infers a very different meaning than some of your following comments. 🤷🏻♀️ No reply required, have a great life. 😅
I walked the camino back in 2007 and the most important part was getting up early and walking with the sunrise in order to get to the albergeus in time. I also walked slowly but if you get "on the road" by 6:30 at the latest you eventually arrive at the daily destination around 3 or 4 pm which leaves you with enough time to check into one of the albergues and to take a look around the place you arrived in. And the best thing was that there were no real smart phones back then, no checking your socials all the time to constantly plan every move you make, not much of pre booking anything along the way... just letting "the camino provide". I think I wrote one text message (which was about all you could do with the phones back then) on the first day to say that I arrived to a friend of mine in those 30 days. One of the most important things I carried was a sleeping bag. On my 30 day pilgrimage I had to sleep on various floors because there was no real place to sleep. I slept in a tiny church, in a backroom of one albergue and on one occasion because the weather was really warm I slept outside behind the albergue on a lawn. It was totally awesome. A pilgrimage is not about cozy accomodation. It is about overcoming what lays in your path. That then is brought into your daily life after the pilgrimage and helps you see the world with different eyes.
“To make change in your life you have to feel, at a minimum, uncomfortable, the more change you want, the further from your current self that you want to get, the more discomfort youre going to feel in that process.” - Josh. 👏👏👏 Wow!!! If this didnt statement alone hit me a little too hard - but in the greatest of ways! I dont think I’d ever physically be able to do the Camino walk but those words can be applied to almost every situation in life! Thank you wise sir!
Maybe one of the big lessons that you get from the Camino is precisely that you should feel internal satisfaction at your own achievement without the need for praise, acknowledgement and "reward". It is after all your achievement and you are the only ones who truly know the effort you put into it and what you got out of it. The feeling of accomplishment is the ultimate prize....
Congrats on finishing your Camino...My Gf and I just finished our trek from St Jean Pied De Port to Santiago on Oct 22/2023 35 days including 2 rest days....I believe with the 800km trek you feel a strong sense of accomplishment when its completed. .Not really wanting it to continue since it drained us....We had a plan to visit Porto after an additional day in Santiago, then on to Dublin for a few days before heading home....Those additional days in Dublin allowed us to process our trip over many great beers.....After that, we never really over analyzed it, just let the body morph (Let the knees drain) into its new self and let the trips awesome experience settle and embrace the new emotional and physical feeling....Buen Camino !
Greetings from Jakarta/Indonesia, dear Lisa & Josh; thank you for your sharing-video during your Camino. I learnt about Camino de Santiago when I was 45 years old & still worked actively (about 350 days per year) so I should wait for 'this' until my retirement & I was 61 years old..🤗.. I went with 3 other Indonesians but we started in 'Ponte de Lima' Portugal on early October 2019, together with a pilgrimage group from USA. Like you, everyday we walked about 20 km for 9 days but personally I enjoyed 'this' so much because I could practised walking meditation & praying for all of my love ones + myself along the way until we arrived at Santiago de Compostella to join the 'mid-day' mass then climbed above the altar to hug St.James tomb, then prayed & meditated the whole afternoon to thank HIM for my wonderful Camino experiences...💝🙏💞... Hope, I could do it again from Sarria/Spain with my Sister's family & some other friend next year after I celebrated my 65th years old birthday..😍...
Loved this journey! I rarely watch an hourlong RUclips video, and my wife rarely watches RUclips, but the thoughtful narration and scenery drew us in like a moth to a flame. Thanks for adding one more thing to our bucket list ; ) Continue being authentic and thanks for the laughs. Also, whoever edits and splices the videos w the overlaying narration and music, it’s very skillful!
I walked the French route of the Camino in September 2017 and have very fond memories of my experience, which is why I like to watch how others have walked the Camino. Seeing places I recognise sparks different emotions in me as I remember the days that I wished would never end and the days that I wish I could just get to my destination as fast as possible. What I really liked about this documentary is your honesty and how you summed up your empty feelings on arrival in Santiago, I too felt a little like this. A year before I had spent some weeks travelling across the USA on different Amtrak trains and arrived in Penn Station in New York on a Friday afternoon. I wanted to shout to everyone; "I've just finished a voyage across the nation". Instead I had to deal with weaving my way in and out of the commuters who wanted to get home after a week's work and I had an empty feeling, questioning my journey. I suppose it is evidence of the saying about the destination not being the end game but it's the way you get there. Happy future travels!
I also walked the camino in September 2017. (Then again in 2022 and 2023. Have a friend who wants me to accompany him on the camino in 2024. How could I say no?)
Thank you both for the most realistic video on the Camino I have ever watched. You are so lucky to have had each other to go on that journey together. I now understand how you are able to travel the world together. It is pure team work and the individual strengths you bring to it. A child like wonder, sense of humour and respect for each other is so obvious. You guys are champions. More strength to your travels, Cheers, Muffy from Oz. Ps. I am currently binge watching your videos.
Well done Liza and Josh. I did the Camino ( Im 68 yrs old) last Sept=Oct.'22 . I was also a slow walker as I have a knee injury. It did slowed me down a lot. Friends and I only did it from Sarria to Santiago. That was bad enough! We had booked hotels and all breakfasts and dinners. A glass of cold wine and and grilled Pulpo was the best after a long hot hike. I remember losing it with a swollen knee on the second last hike. It was an experience of a lifetime for me seconded by my Machu Picchu hike.
i walked from Burgos to Santiago between april and may of this year. a beautiful experience full of knowledge and fascinating places. despite the training I had problems with my calves and knees. in addition to blisters. for a person who lives in city, with family-friends-business, it can be an introspective experience. I am already introverted and therefore I have not felt a particular change. in fact I recommend everyone to do a minor experience starting from Sarria and then try something longer. 30 days is a long time. buen camino to all
You did a great job explaining el Camino. I've lived 3 years now in Spain and you've had a much better learning curve on adapting to Spanish eating habits than I did. Great to see you being able to give an honest report rather than a phoney super charged travel blog you often encounter on Americans in Europe. I'm european and we are an old and tired continent with many divisions and tensions right now. To walk there is finding peace for yourself and I think I've already experienced your good vibes. I watched your video in 3 or 4 stages and glad I watched till the end
Yes! I did a bicycle trip with my best friend who had cancer. She bicycle the Continental Divide from Banff Canada all the way down to the border of Mexico, 2800 miles. It took us 9 weeks. The trip was life-changing but what nobody pointed out, that it took a long time to process, is that you get so expanded and then you come home and you go into this deep contraction, it's very altering and not in a good way. So I completely understand what you were sharing and how you felt at the end of the trip. Especially if you have seen the movie with Amelia Estevez and how his father walks into the church with all the people and the bell swinging, somewhere in our psyche I think we're expecting that also. I completely enjoyed watching your journey and you guys did get it right. Blessings to you both 🦋😎🌄
OMGosh, this was SO well done. THANK YOU for your authenticity and your honesty at how you handled life as it came your way each and every day of your own personal Camino. This Camino is still on my bucket list and I am hopeful. You both are certainly encouraging. I used to do "trail magic" at various sites along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. It was awesome to meet and feed so many amazing thru-hikers. Anyway, I met this couple - close to my age at the time - around 60-ish. They had hiked a lot of trails but for some reason, this section of the AT had been kicking their butts and they had been close to throwing in the towel. The shift for them occurred the morning they woke up and he said to his wife, simply...."Wanna go for a walk?" Just THAT altered the dynamics enough for them to keep going and DO IT THEIR WAY. They threw out the time constraints. Anyway, if I can actually DO this, that's the way I hope to start each day, pain or no pain. Wanna go for a walk?
I returned from my Frances Way Camino almost two weeks ago. I loved your documentary on many levels. You kept it honest. I was most interested in how you processed the Camino when you left. Me, I loved and hated climbing and descending, but I felt ready for it. The community was the best part of the Camino, but I also appreciated the aloneness, the loneliness, and the silence in the morning darkness. I am still processing my experience and the lessons I have learned. Thank you for documenting your Camino last year because I realize I am not alone in understanding my feelings after completing the 500 miles!
Wow. Stumbled across this video on our usual Friday night RUclips "music and travel" playlist. Husband and I sat through the entire thing. We're both inspired. Thanks guys.
Thank you for this video. having completed most of the Camino (Pamplona to Santiago) during September 2021, It was great experiencing it again through your eyes and feelings. I especially liked and appreciated the end part where you talked about your struggles with the sense of emptiness, once the Camino is done. I remember being cranky that day, annoyed with all the technicalities of obtaining the Compastela which stood in direct contrast to the sense of introspective and serenity of walking the WAY. But I regard this experience as life changing, having return home, selling my apartment and moving to Spain for good this summer. yeah, it was that effective. (moving to Europe was brewing for years, the Camino just made me do it faster and with no regrets)
We also did the Camino and it is definitely your own way. We had fun, stopped when we wanted, laughed lots and were so changed by the end. Quit my job and never looked back. Our kids noticed we were different and that meant better and "calmer". You guys were awesome to watch and made us want to do other Caminos. We were truly set free by the Camino!!
OMG I felt the same way when I did my camino- the minute I threw out the guidebooks and stopped listening to the purists, I felt so free. And did not feel guilty one bit about calling for a cab.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!! I’m so glad that your taketh was found!! After being on a “walk” for the last 42 years with my husband, I can only dream and watch the beautiful videos, like yours, of a dream which I live through others. Buen Camino and may your way be always filled with love, laughter and happiness.
Thank you! The most useful video on the Camino that I have found. I like to travel with as little planning as possible, and I’ve been worrying that the constant requirement of “finishing” this walk could ruin the experience for me. I’m not going to worry about it. I’m starting in France and wherever I end up in 30 days is where I end up. I can always return.
My wife and I walked the Camino in 2015. Definitely the most extraordinary thing ever. A long story how we got there THROUGH out the walk received so many blessings GOD spoke to both of us
Thank you for sharing your experience. I did part of the Camino Ingles (English Way) last year (2022), my Dad got sick and we decided to take the bus to Santiago. I felt bad about it, I have been dreaming to do the Camino for more than 10 years and when finally I was there, we had to cancel it. For a year a felt that I didn’t walk the Camino, but after watching your video, yes I did. I did it with my Dad in our own way, he was 76 years old at that time and after watching your video I only want to go back and continue my pilgrimage. Our lives are to be live as pilgrims and enjoy the ride. 5-22-2023
I realize now why I skipped 5 or 6 "first person" POV self made documentaries on the Camino. I did see the movie which makes me want to undertake the journey . You guys put it into perspective for a first timer that Hollywood wouldn't. Your way IS the way. Listen not to the naysayers. Thanks for such a well put together documentary. I salute you. Namaste💜💯
i m happy to watch a video showing the real difficulties on this journey, so nice. everybody can relate and that what makes a channel more popular and authentic.
Lisa and Josh, un video maravilloso. We all look too much around looking for validation from others in everything we do in life. We are all in a pilgrimage and, therefore, "El Camino" is a pilgrimage within a pilgrimage. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Wow. When I clicked on this video I was not expecting to be moved by your journey, but with a teary eye I'm sad the video is over. Wonderful transparency and honesty about your journey. I've yet to make mine, hopefully spring 2023. I'll be 67 by then and this has been a dream of mine for over 20 years. You nailed it. How we do it matters not, how we process the feelings and experiences is where the ah-ha moments ring true and change us for the better. Thank you SO much for posting this video on youtube and for sharing your hearts. Ultreia! ❤
What a lovely couple you are! I thoroughly enjoyed following your journey. I’ve always been fascinated by the Camino. And, coincidentally, we know the couple who runs the Pilgrim House; I’m thrilled to hear of your experience!
Thank you for this video. I walked from Roncesvalles to Santiago in Sep, 2007 and again in May, 2008. Had to do it because the Camino would not leave me in peace. Third time was from Valencia to Santiago in Sep, 2013, 720 miles, a route walked by only about 1,000 people annually. I treasure my experiences, and your experiences as depicted here, at once similar and different from mine. Long ago I trashed my diplomas from college and graduate schools, but I treasure my three pilgrim passports and Compostelas.
I did this in 2018 and it was, literally, the greatest thing I ever did in my life, and still is. I'm 32. 28 at the time. Once you do it life is just very different afterwards. That's not a teary-eyed rewriting of the experience - it actually isn't the same afterwards. The openness, the friendships, the walk, everything, it's fantastic. Not every day, obviously, but 98% of them. Also, I think I did it just as it was on the cusp of getting very busy, and I know now after Covid it must be crazy. I recommend it to people all the time. Just even for a week - do it.
Thank you for this.. Truly appreciate being able to be a part of this Camino with you and Lisa ..with the 2 of you. Absolutely beautiful Journey.. Heart felt gratitude thank you... Excellent work
THANK YOU! This is one of the most honest and heartfelt accounts of The Camino I've watched to date...and I've watched plenty. Not only did I learn from your process, I really liked both Lisa and Josh as people. Much gratitude for sharing your absolute authentic, personal, thoughful and enjoyable journey! All the best to you both. 🧡
Josh and Lisa, your Camino journey is the best my wife and I have watched, worthy to comment on. Your narration was highlit by extraordinary vocabulary. You saw all the sides of the pilgrimage and made us realize that we should all do the Camino OUR WAY, not any body else's. A number of your words brought me to tears and we cherish your closing phrase... "It's all about the journey". Thank you for sharing.
Hello Lisa and Josh congrats on your completion of Camino de Santiago journey. I am proud of you both for not allowing despair, boredom and people's approval discouraged you or changed your mind about your journey. You both sacrifice a great deal...... making the decision, taking that first step, remaining on the journey all the way to completion. Although you felt empty at the end and probably questioned why you did this in the first place I believe you both have learned a great deal of perseverance. You both pressed beyond your feelings, enjoyed each other's company and learn how to slow things down. It wasn't a competition, so learning how to enjoy the journey to where your going is what most people don't do in life and as a result are missing out on life most precious moments. You both stopped to smell the roses and enjoyed some rain. Again congrats and thanks for the video. #CaminodeSatiago2023 hopefully I'll be there with my hubby, professor and classmates. 🤗🙏🚶🏽♀️🧘🏽♀️🛌🏽🦶🌿🌳🥖🍳🍺☕️🌧🌝 🎫👟🧢 🇪🇸 I want to experience it all😉 Buen Camino
Lisa and Josh - I felt as if I were on the journey the entire time with you guys. I grew up in Barcelona and have always wanted to do this walk. After watching this video, I feel genuinely motivated. Thank you so so much for taking me on this memorable journey of a lifetime. You guys are the best.
"it's all about the journey, not the destination." I always wondered why I would feel depressed after an accomplishment....sometimes I forget to enjoy the journey. Thank you for sharing this and inspiring me.
Wow! Thank you for the work to do this documentary! And for your honesty. I am doing the Camino at age 67. Each of my sons are taking time out of their lives to help me with my camera gear so we can carry two DSLrs and lenses to document and later quilt my montages of my Camino experiences. I'm starting in Leon with my oldest son and finishing from Sarria with my youngest son. I'm so grateful to them for going. I've done two things people advise you not to do - reserve ahead of time - which will limit my freedom, and carry heavy camera equipment. I tell you all of this, because your message to do the Camino your own way is heartfelt and genuine. I've read it elsewhere. But I really felt it in your account.
Buen Camino and you've got the majesty of the mountains and don't be shy about taking the bus out of Leon. I don't want to cross the line about planning but make sure you take the strongest son first! The scenery is superb. The slow climb to Cruz de ferro and the steep climb to O'cebriero offer fantastic vistas for your cameras and I'm sure you'll get lots of fantastic footage. So many lovely pueblos to enjoy, I'm sure you'll all have a ball.
Thanks so much for this Lisa-and-Josh-umentary! I came to this video by way of your more recent Camino Portuguese series (I'm planning to walk it next year). Especially appreciated the insight that applies to so much in life: "maybe your expectations were too high for reality to ever catch up."👏👏👏
Hey you guys! I loved your video documentary... honest, humble, and very real. My husband and I did the Sarria to Santiago stretch 6 years ago and it was such a wonderful experience. We're contemplating going back to start in France and make our way out to Santiago again - we'll likely break it up in two parts... do one half one year, another half the next year. My husband's family just completed their last portion of the Camino (Logrono to Burgos) this morning... and agreed... the Camino is whatever YOU want to make of it... it took them many years to walk the entire thing. Thanks for sharing, and for staying real/honest/humble!! Sending much love your way, Peregrinos!!
Absolutely wonderful and beautiful Camino. There is no right or wrong way, just your way. Be yourself, not others, not competing, but true to you and your being. Thank you for an amazing and inspirational video.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm heading there in 6 weeks and was uncertain what to expect (physically and mentally). Presently trying to get in shape for it working up to 14 mile walks each day. That in itself is a journey at 66.
Thanks Lisa and Josh❤ We walked from Pamplona to Logrono in ten days last september 2023 and this september we are cotinuing from Logrono to Bugos. So, we are following your advice and are doing the camino in ”our own way” very, very slow and we love it❤
How amazing for you guys. I lived in Germany for several years, been to France, Spain, but at full speed of the Autobahn and never really got to see much. I've been planning the Camino for years, and COVID threw a wrench into the works. I saw both of you grow during this vid. I never even fast forwarded.
Hi, Jeff! Thanks so much for finding us and watching our film. The Camino really was such a unique experience and way to see Spain. We talk about going back again and again :) Hope you are able to do your Camino soon!!
Great documentary! I literally bawled when you set foot in the cathedral square. I love all of the introspective questions. Thank you for sharing your experience and for sharing with others to be present in the moment and enjoy what is here now and what is around you. Peace, Love and Joy!
Excellent video. Hundreds of thousands of people achieve remarkable things every day, and it's up to each individual to come to terms with the fact that very few other people on the planet understand that achievement. The instant gratification of someone saying, 'Wow, what uou did was amazing!' is denied to a huge number of them, so having learned that lesson at the end of your pilgrimage I hope that you'll be generous with your validations of other people's achivements for the rest of your lives, regardless of whether or not you identify with what they did. It's a wonderfully generous and kind thing to do for someone else and most of us forget to it enough.
Thank you Josh and Lisa for putting this documentary together. Excellent watch! I watched all your Camino videos. My Camino starts in a couple of weeks. Enjoy your travel!
i feel very blessed to have shared some of your experiences on your journey, would love to try the camino some day in some way. wish you the best in all you do
Lisa and Josh, Thank you, thank you for this incredibly thoughtful, honest, and deeply reflective documentary. I felt as if I was able to get a close up and personal picture of places and experiences along the Camino, but even more impactful was hearing what you had to say at the end. The idea of the journey being what's important, not the destination, has become so familiar it's almost cliche, but the way you both talked about it was so authentic that it rang true in a deep way. And I loved the recommendation of asking what's off when things feel off--and that it may be that you're walking someone else's Camino, not your own. I'm planning a first and solo Camino in 2023 and I'm sure I'll come back to your video again. Buen Camino.
I love your honesty in this video. Those who criticize your journey apparently don't understand that each Camino is different, and each Camino is just as valid as the next one. There are no rules or predefined requirements. Even the distance requirement for the certificate is silly.
I love this so much! I’m planning for a Camino - timing unknown - so I’ve been reading books, listening to podcasts, switched my watch to KMs! Your perspective is both refreshing and a great relief! I love how right in the middle you went to Madrid. The stopping often, snacking, etc, taking in the sights & smells, is exactly how we travel and I wanted to have the “permission” to do this on our Camino - maybe we only do 15km per day, maybe we take a couple of years to complete it, maybe we surprise ourselves. Thank you for putting this together and sharing your feelings along the way. I hope you have plans to go again!
I thoroughly enjoyed this!! A very true version of the Camino. My friend Susie and I are doing it this September and we have already decided to do it our way - take breaks when we want, and not to feel forced to walk each leg every day. Thanks to Lisa and Josh for making this video!!
I love your video, I walked from saint jean to Leon in October and had to stop because of a injury to my back and then restarted at the beginning in saint jean this April all the way through to Santiago, I was in tears when I heard the bag pipes and other pilgrims clapped when I entered the square, it was amazing but tiring journey, I had wanted to go on to muxia and Finisterre but my body was hurting too much so I chilled in Santiago and then went home. I already want to take off in Leon where I ended and get to Santiago and add muxia etc on to it plus my dreams are to walk the Portuguese route and the Norte. Once you let go of what you think is the norm and embrace the differences you get a whole better experience. I also had to forward my rucksack a couple of times because of pain and I felt guilty the first time but then noticing how my body was able to repair itself I realized I had needed this break and it was my Camino and my way. Thanks for sharing this film, I thoroughly enjoyed it and was in tears a few times remembering … 🙏🙏🙏
That wood palette turned into a seat at 34:30 when you were talking about low points and "your camino" was a tough afternoon for me too! I started sitting on the seat, but ended up laying on that concrete for about 20 minutes as there was shade, the slightest of breezes, and still 5 or 10 km farther to the albergue. Thanks for the bittersweet memory!
Lisa & Josh, Thank You so much for your experience for being yourselves, who you are, no matter what others think and say! And You are so beautiful and real! You made the real Camino!!!!! Thank You Guys! ☀💞
Wow!!! What a beautiful piece of art and storytelling you have created. You most definitely captured the spirit of el Camino! And I was on it with you. You helped me relive my own experiences from when I did it. The solitude, the people, the villages, the food, the wine, the pain after lunch, the blisters, the adrenaline, the tears of boredom with yourself, the joy in the smallest things, the breeze, the rain, the scorching sun, the hellos, and the goodbyes with one self! OMgoodness, the list goes on and lives within me every day since. Thank you for encompassing the journey and for sharing it with the world. Buen camino!
I loved watching this as I'm hoping to do this next year. Ignore the negative comments! As you said, it's all about doing it YOUR way. If that means skipping part of it, then that's ok. Do what works for YOU! And yes, it's all about the journey. Great doco! You guys should feel proud.
I am going on the Camino De Santiago in 13 days and I am feeling so many emotions. Thank you so much for this thoughtful, honest, and beautiful video as to what this experience will be like. It was truly eye opening and while I was feeling so much anxiety and stress leading up to this trip, I am feeling much more at ease and even excited to be going on this journey with my dad. Thank you again for taking the time to film, edit, and share this with the world. Buen Camino!
Hi Ishael. My sister is walking the Camino at the moment. She found that she did not have proper shoes: most paths are very rocky and hard to walk. She started in Lourdes and is at the moment in Carrion de los Candes. So make sure you have good shoes that will not let you feel every little rock you walk on. Wishing you a wonderful trip ahead.
Really great! Reflective, real and great tips. We head to Madrid tomorrow and will do 100k mid April, this was really insightful and inspiring. Thanks for sharing
Loved this, thank you! Planning to walk my first Camino in June 2024. I have lots of questions and fears, not the fittest person around but would love the experience. I really enjoyed your video and your candid sharing. ♥️
I have seen many Camino UTube Presentations and in my opinion this is the most natural one I have seen . I think the presentation offers something to those who walk every step of the way and those who don’t . Well done on a thoughtful and intelligent presentation of a very high standard.
Lisa and Josh……thank you so much for your wonderful insights about your “journey “. I have watched and listened to many other documentaries and comments about this trek but yours really hit home with me. Thank you for confirming my believe that it’s better to approach things in life with fewer expectations and more joy and wonder. I have wanted to do the Camino for a long time and if and when I do I will for certain do it…….my way. Thank You!
First of all, Congratulations on doing the Camino! Second point, you're absolutely right, there's no 'correct' way of doing the Camino, each person's Camino is their own personal Way and the right Camino for that person. Having done the French Way twice, in 2016 and 2022, I feel blessed to have been able to share in the experience. You get out of the Camino what you bring to it, and if you're willing to take the risk and open yourself to others, you're likely to find the most amazing peoples there. Final point, if I may add to your final comment; "Life is not about the destination, or the journey, but the people you meet on the Way."
Wow. Spoken from the heart, wonderful video! I know you put a LOT of time and effort into this. Very down-to-earth, informational, with a lot of perspective. And you found out...everyone Caminos at a different pace, their own way. Congratulations and well done! Buen Camino!
I love this video. I downloaded it when it was posted, and have watched it a few times during my Camino planning. I'm currently on the train headed south from Paris to Bayonne and then on to SJPDP, to start my Camino on Sunday, watching it one last time before I start my journey. Thank you for the information, this reminds me that it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be my own journey. Buen Camino!
Hello Lisa and Josh. This documentary went by so quickly because it was so well done. I have been wondering about the Camino, and now I think I have a great sense of it. Thank you!
Amazing capture of an amazing journey.. my wife and I travelled the Camino in 2017, this refreshed lifelong memories, would do it again in an instant! Stay safe and Buen Camino from Australia.
I think when you decided to go at your own speed and stop when you wanted for food etc and stay another night in some places the whole thing got a lot better for you. It should be enjoyable, not a punishment. I loved seeing the places you walked and the food you ate ❤️
I watched this being from Santaigo and living in the city centre. The feeling you get when you get into Santiago is real, people from here are a bit sick as the whole city is designed and build around pilgrims, sometimes you can't get into some places because it's full of pilgrims, sometimes you're busy and you have to get somewhere and they are just standing in the way, a lot of the houses and places in the old town are now pilgrim hostels and houses... also unfortunately we get a lot of drunk pilgrims who are just all around annoying. For the rest I really enjoy the feeling and the idea of the Santaigo and that's why I watched the whole film you guys made, just wanted to leave a message here to respect us living and doing our daily live here. I'm sure you guys do, but not all of the people are so nice.
This is really important for us to hear-thank you for sharing with all of us.. we can understand that sentiment and hope to remember that everywhere we visit is someone else’s home and to treat it as such. Thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing your story, guys. It made me feel closer to you because you acted naturally and honestly shared all aspects of your journey, both pleasant and not so. It inspires when you share how you kept going even being unprepared physically and emotionally and that you struggled a lot. Thank you, enjoyed every moment of the movie. Good luck with your lives and new journeys 🙂
Fanstastic, so glad to hear that the journey revealed the ending. Beautifully put together with honesty and lessons learned along the way. Can’t wait to visit Pilgrim House, we have often felt lost at the end of our Camino’s, walking around the city, when we would have loved a quiet introspective area to mull over our experiences. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Excellent, excellent video. For those of us who will never have this experience, it was a great demonstration of what this endeavor is all about. Thank you for your efforts and for sharing your journey with us!
We, as North Americans, live a fast-paced life, where we measure success in life by achieving a “goal”. I think what you've learned and what you express at the end of your vlog is that you have discovered that the journey seems to be the most important part of a Camino. Not the finish. So of course the end was unsatisfying. Your focus was on the finish. What we get from your words Josh, is that you realize that taking the moments to enjoy the many days of journey, and what each day brings you, is the key and the purpose and/or enjoyment of a Camino. Perhaps the second time around will be the fulfilling one? I thoroughly enjoyed your adventure, thank you for sharing it with us. It has opened my eyes and I will remember your thoughts and experience when I go on my first Camino ❤
I love you two. A real version of a Camino. I’ve watched so many Camino videos and series over the years, read every guidebook, and I just love your process and heartfelt conclusions. Thank you for the humor and willingness to share the discomfort as well.
I walked with my sister-in-law in 2019 from Sarria to Santiago and the best thing that happened to me was the second day out I lost my phone. Got to Santiago in the rain and didn’t get our certificate but we got our stamp at the end.I didn’t really realize what I had accomplished and when it meant until I got home. It was a wonderful experience at 80 years old.
Wow!! Very impressed!
Jesus Christ loves you. You have been doing great and will do a greater job. Thanks
Wow, Katy!!! You AMAZING YOU!!!!!
Impressive 👏🙏🏻
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My good friend Pete walked the camino about 10 years ago. He was going through some really heavy stuff in his life so he felt the Camino would help his mental state. I recall him calling me along his 35-day journey. He had some amazing stories to tell. He had a life-changing experience, although the real effect to his spirit took more than 35 days. He's no longer with us, he passed away roughly 3 years after his walk. I really miss him. He's the only person I know who has even walked The Camino De Santiago. Maybe I'll go for it some day.
I've heard a few people saying that The Camino changes you as a person. My experience of extensive travelling is that it doesn't change you. But, if you're lucky, it gives you the urge to go home and get your life in order, start taking things a bit more seriously, treat people a bit better, and have a bit more regard for yourself too. That's where you change and become a better person - at home.
You are contradicting yourself. You said Camino or extensive traveling "doesn't change you" - but when you go home you do things differently. What are you trying to say about the process that "doesn't change you"?? confused, because the person you brought home did change if their actions are different at home because of the travel/camino.
@cnauman9610 You're reading too much into my post. You need to read it again and take it all at face value. There's no hidden messages in there.
Só it does change you. 😊
@@ajourneyoftransformation Read the bottom line of my post 'at home'. That might help you to see where I changed for the better. All the travelling around the world prior to that was an extension of my unfulfilling drifting life.
I disagree with you - every single time I have travelled overseas from my home country, and also every time I have travelled extensively around my own country, it has changed me during the journey as well as the lasting legacy.
Travelling is the best educational opportunity in the world when we have open eyes, ears, noses, taste buds, fingertips, minds and hearts.
If you have managed to travel without changing even a little bit as a person, then you must have been so closed off you may as well have stayed at home 🏡 and engaged in therapy.
Maybe it's that your self awareness is lacking and you don't recognise subtle changes in yourself during the journey.🙆🏻♀️
Your initial comment infers a very different meaning than some of your following comments. 🤷🏻♀️
No reply required, have a great life. 😅
I walked the camino back in 2007 and the most important part was getting up early and walking with the sunrise in order to get to the albergeus in time. I also walked slowly but if you get "on the road" by 6:30 at the latest you eventually arrive at the daily destination around 3 or 4 pm which leaves you with enough time to check into one of the albergues and to take a look around the place you arrived in. And the best thing was that there were no real smart phones back then, no checking your socials all the time to constantly plan every move you make, not much of pre booking anything along the way... just letting "the camino provide". I think I wrote one text message (which was about all you could do with the phones back then) on the first day to say that I arrived to a friend of mine in those 30 days. One of the most important things I carried was a sleeping bag. On my 30 day pilgrimage I had to sleep on various floors because there was no real place to sleep. I slept in a tiny church, in a backroom of one albergue and on one occasion because the weather was really warm I slept outside behind the albergue on a lawn. It was totally awesome.
A pilgrimage is not about cozy accomodation. It is about overcoming what lays in your path. That then is brought into your daily life after the pilgrimage and helps you see the world with different eyes.
I walked my first Camino Frances in 2007 and had no problem getting accommodation each day.
I only stayed in albergues and never booked.
What a wonderful experience I hope to have. I am 80 years old and El Camino de Santiago is in my bucket list. Thanks!
do it...be blessed
“To make change in your life you have to feel, at a minimum, uncomfortable, the more change you want, the further from your current self that you want to get, the more discomfort youre going to feel in that process.” - Josh. 👏👏👏 Wow!!! If this didnt statement alone hit me a little too hard - but in the greatest of ways! I dont think I’d ever physically be able to do the Camino walk but those words can be applied to almost every situation in life! Thank you wise sir!
Maybe one of the big lessons that you get from the Camino is precisely that you should feel internal satisfaction at your own achievement without the need for praise, acknowledgement and "reward". It is after all your achievement and you are the only ones who truly know the effort you put into it and what you got out of it. The feeling of accomplishment is the ultimate prize....
Is not walking el camino, is who you walk the camino with, you two are made for each other, congratulations 👏
couldn't agree more, thank you for watching! ❤️
Congrats on finishing your Camino...My Gf and I just finished our trek from St Jean Pied De Port to Santiago on Oct 22/2023 35 days including 2 rest days....I believe with the 800km trek you feel a strong sense of accomplishment when its completed. .Not really wanting it to continue since it drained us....We had a plan to visit Porto after an additional day in Santiago, then on to Dublin for a few days before heading home....Those additional days in Dublin allowed us to process our trip over many great beers.....After that, we never really over analyzed it, just let the body morph (Let the knees drain) into its new self and let the trips awesome experience settle and embrace the new emotional and physical feeling....Buen Camino !
Greetings from Jakarta/Indonesia, dear Lisa & Josh; thank you for your sharing-video during your Camino.
I learnt about Camino de Santiago when I was 45 years old & still worked actively (about 350 days per year) so I should wait for 'this' until my retirement & I was 61 years old..🤗..
I went with 3 other Indonesians but we started in 'Ponte de Lima' Portugal on early October 2019, together with a pilgrimage group from USA. Like you, everyday we walked about 20 km for 9 days but personally I enjoyed 'this' so much because I could practised walking meditation & praying for all of my love ones + myself along the way until we arrived at Santiago de Compostella to join the 'mid-day' mass then climbed above the altar to hug St.James tomb, then prayed & meditated the whole afternoon to thank HIM for my wonderful Camino experiences...💝🙏💞...
Hope, I could do it again from Sarria/Spain with my Sister's family & some other friend next year after I celebrated my 65th years old birthday..😍...
I am 26 years old, and I will definitely be doing this for my 30th birthday. I cannot wait to be there!
Loved this journey! I rarely watch an hourlong RUclips video, and my wife rarely watches RUclips, but the thoughtful narration and scenery drew us in like a moth to a flame. Thanks for adding one more thing to our bucket list ; ) Continue being authentic and thanks for the laughs. Also, whoever edits and splices the videos w the overlaying narration and music, it’s very skillful!
Thank you so much, Sang! Appreciate your openness to watching this and for your support :)
I was going to says all of this. They are good.
I am the same in that I would rarely watch an hour long youtube clip. I really enjoyed this.
I walked the French route of the Camino in September 2017 and have very fond memories of my experience, which is why I like to watch how others have walked the Camino. Seeing places I recognise sparks different emotions in me as I remember the days that I wished would never end and the days that I wish I could just get to my destination as fast as possible.
What I really liked about this documentary is your honesty and how you summed up your empty feelings on arrival in Santiago, I too felt a little like this.
A year before I had spent some weeks travelling across the USA on different Amtrak trains and arrived in Penn Station in New York on a Friday afternoon. I wanted to shout to everyone; "I've just finished a voyage across the nation". Instead I had to deal with weaving my way in and out of the commuters who wanted to get home after a week's work and I had an empty feeling, questioning my journey.
I suppose it is evidence of the saying about the destination not being the end game but it's the way you get there.
Happy future travels!
Repent and accept Jesus since your life you do your life won’t be empty anymore that’s what’s missing that’s why you feel empty
@@jamesmckendry915 just not true
I think its more of my full emotions that got to me when I reached Santiago. Asking myself "how on Earth did I do it?"
I also walked the camino in September 2017. (Then again in 2022 and 2023. Have a friend who wants me to accompany him on the camino in 2024. How could I say no?)
Thank you both for the most realistic video on the Camino I have ever watched. You are so lucky to have had each other to go on that journey together. I now understand how you are able to travel the world together. It is pure team work and the individual strengths you bring to it. A child like wonder, sense of humour and respect for each other is so obvious. You guys are champions. More strength to your travels, Cheers, Muffy from Oz. Ps. I am currently binge watching your videos.
Well done Liza and Josh. I did the Camino ( Im 68 yrs old) last Sept=Oct.'22 . I was also a slow walker as I have a knee injury. It did slowed me down a lot. Friends and I only did it from Sarria to Santiago. That was bad enough! We had booked hotels and all breakfasts and dinners. A glass of cold wine and and grilled Pulpo was the best after a long hot hike. I remember losing it with a swollen knee on the second last hike. It was an experience of a lifetime for me seconded by my Machu Picchu hike.
i walked from Burgos to Santiago between april and may of this year. a beautiful experience full of knowledge and fascinating places. despite the training I had problems with my calves and knees. in addition to blisters. for a person who lives in city, with family-friends-business, it can be an introspective experience. I am already introverted and therefore I have not felt a particular change. in fact I recommend everyone to do a minor experience starting from Sarria and then try something longer. 30 days is a long time. buen camino to all
You did a great job explaining el Camino. I've lived 3 years now in Spain and you've had a much better learning curve on adapting to Spanish eating habits than I did. Great to see you being able to give an honest report rather than a phoney super charged travel blog you often encounter on Americans in Europe. I'm european and we are an old and tired continent with many divisions and tensions right now. To walk there is finding peace for yourself and I think I've already experienced your good vibes. I watched your video in 3 or 4 stages and glad I watched till the end
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Thank you for the most beautiful, soulful video I have seen about this after 7 years on Caminos. What an adorable couple!
Wow, thank you for watching and for the kind, thoughtful comment. :) I bet you have the most wonderful, amazing stories after 7 years of Camino :)
Yes! I did a bicycle trip with my best friend who had cancer. She bicycle the Continental Divide from Banff Canada all the way down to the border of Mexico, 2800 miles. It took us 9 weeks. The trip was life-changing but what nobody pointed out, that it took a long time to process, is that you get so expanded and then you come home and you go into this deep contraction, it's very altering and not in a good way. So I completely understand what you were sharing and how you felt at the end of the trip. Especially if you have seen the movie with Amelia Estevez and how his father walks into the church with all the people and the bell swinging, somewhere in our psyche I think we're expecting that also. I completely enjoyed watching your journey and you guys did get it right. Blessings to you both 🦋😎🌄
Oh boy, I just reached the end of the video and I'm crying my heart out😅 I've 3 camino and felt like this video touched me deeply. Thank you so much❤
OMGosh, this was SO well done. THANK YOU for your authenticity and your honesty at how you handled life as it came your way each and every day of your own personal Camino. This Camino is still on my bucket list and I am hopeful. You both are certainly encouraging.
I used to do "trail magic" at various sites along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. It was awesome to meet and feed so many amazing thru-hikers. Anyway, I met this couple - close to my age at the time - around 60-ish. They had hiked a lot of trails but for some reason, this section of the AT had been kicking their butts and they had been close to throwing in the towel. The shift for them occurred the morning they woke up and he said to his wife, simply...."Wanna go for a walk?" Just THAT altered the dynamics enough for them to keep going and DO IT THEIR WAY. They threw out the time constraints. Anyway, if I can actually DO this, that's the way I hope to start each day, pain or no pain. Wanna go for a walk?
Like so many, loved everything !!! At 55:00 minutes the "silent walk" was especially memorable. "You Are There". Thank You for the Buen Camino
I returned from my Frances Way Camino almost two weeks ago. I loved your documentary on many levels. You kept it honest. I was most interested in how you processed the Camino when you left. Me, I loved and hated climbing and descending, but I felt ready for it. The community was the best part of the Camino, but I also appreciated the aloneness, the loneliness, and the silence in the morning darkness. I am still processing my experience and the lessons I have learned. Thank you for documenting your Camino last year because I realize I am not alone in understanding my feelings after completing the 500 miles!
Wow. Stumbled across this video on our usual Friday night RUclips "music and travel" playlist. Husband and I sat through the entire thing. We're both inspired.
Thanks guys.
Thank you for this video. having completed most of the Camino (Pamplona to Santiago) during September 2021, It was great experiencing it again through your eyes and feelings. I especially liked and appreciated the end part where you talked about your struggles with the sense of emptiness, once the Camino is done.
I remember being cranky that day, annoyed with all the technicalities of obtaining the Compastela which stood in direct contrast to the sense of introspective and serenity of walking the WAY.
But I regard this experience as life changing, having return home, selling my apartment and moving to Spain for good this summer. yeah, it was that effective. (moving to Europe was brewing for years, the Camino just made me do it faster and with no regrets)
We also did the Camino and it is definitely your own way. We had fun, stopped when we wanted, laughed lots and were so changed by the end. Quit my job and never looked back. Our kids noticed we were different and that meant better and "calmer". You guys were awesome to watch and made us want to do other Caminos. We were truly set free by the Camino!!
As a practicing Roman Catholic, I want/need to do this so much! Thank you for a gorgeous and enlightening production! ☦☦☦
i really hope you get a chance to! it's a truly amazing experience
I'm a practicing non-believer and I have walked multiple Caminos.
I always feel physically, mentally and spiritually refreshed by the walk.
This is such a profound documentary. You’ve inspired me. ❤
OMG I felt the same way when I did my camino- the minute I threw out the guidebooks and stopped listening to the purists, I felt so free. And did not feel guilty one bit about calling for a cab.
yes!! we didn't really understand the whole saying of "your way" until that moment
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!! I’m so glad that your taketh was found!! After being on a “walk” for the last 42 years with my husband, I can only dream and watch the beautiful videos, like yours, of a dream which I live through others. Buen Camino and may your way be always filled with love, laughter and happiness.
Thank you! The most useful video on the Camino that I have found. I like to travel with as little planning as possible, and I’ve been worrying that the constant requirement of “finishing” this walk could ruin the experience for me. I’m not going to worry about it. I’m starting in France and wherever I end up in 30 days is where I end up. I can always return.
All glory to Jesus Christ. Thanks
My wife and I walked the Camino in 2015. Definitely the most extraordinary thing ever. A long story how we got there THROUGH out the walk received so many blessings GOD spoke to both of us
Thank you for sharing your experience. I did part of the Camino Ingles (English Way) last year (2022), my Dad got sick and we decided to take the bus to Santiago. I felt bad about it, I have been dreaming to do the Camino for more than 10 years and when finally I was there, we had to cancel it. For a year a felt that I didn’t walk the Camino, but after watching your video, yes I did. I did it with my Dad in our own way, he was 76 years old at that time and after watching your video I only want to go back and continue my pilgrimage. Our lives are to be live as pilgrims and enjoy the ride. 5-22-2023
wow, what a journey you and your Dad must've had together, so happy that you got to share that with him and also continue on your own path as well
I realize now why I skipped 5 or 6 "first person" POV self made documentaries on the Camino.
I did see the movie which makes me want to undertake the journey .
You guys put it into perspective for a first timer that Hollywood wouldn't.
Your way IS the way.
Listen not to the naysayers.
Thanks for such a well put together documentary. I salute you.
Namaste💜💯
thank you for this very thoughtful comment and for watching. hope you are able to undertake the journey :)
i m happy to watch a video showing the real difficulties on this journey, so nice. everybody can relate and that what makes a channel more popular and authentic.
What a beautiful journey. I’ve been dreaming of doing this hike for 4 years now. Watching this video made me book my flight.
Thank you 🙏
Lisa and Josh, un video maravilloso. We all look too much around looking for validation from others in everything we do in life. We are all in a pilgrimage and, therefore, "El Camino" is a pilgrimage within a pilgrimage. Thank you for sharing your experience.
This is so true and well put, thank you for sharing. That is the beauty of the Camino-it is to each their own and we are always on a Camino of sorts.
Wow. When I clicked on this video I was not expecting to be moved by your journey, but with a teary eye I'm sad the video is over. Wonderful transparency and honesty about your journey. I've yet to make mine, hopefully spring 2023. I'll be 67 by then and this has been a dream of mine for over 20 years. You nailed it. How we do it matters not, how we process the feelings and experiences is where the ah-ha moments ring true and change us for the better. Thank you SO much for posting this video on youtube and for sharing your hearts. Ultreia! ❤
I will be turning 60 in December of 23 so I want to walk for my 60th so spring 23 or 24
Standing ovation. Well done Pilgrims.
What a lovely couple you are! I thoroughly enjoyed following your journey. I’ve always been fascinated by the Camino. And, coincidentally, we know the couple who runs the Pilgrim House; I’m thrilled to hear of your experience!
Thank you for this video. I walked from Roncesvalles to Santiago in Sep, 2007 and again in May, 2008. Had to do it because the Camino would not leave me in peace. Third time was from Valencia to Santiago in Sep, 2013, 720 miles, a route walked by only about 1,000 people annually. I treasure my experiences, and your experiences as depicted here, at once similar and different from mine. Long ago I trashed my diplomas from college and graduate schools, but I treasure my three pilgrim passports and Compostelas.
I did this in 2018 and it was, literally, the greatest thing I ever did in my life, and still is. I'm 32. 28 at the time. Once you do it life is just very different afterwards. That's not a teary-eyed rewriting of the experience - it actually isn't the same afterwards. The openness, the friendships, the walk, everything, it's fantastic. Not every day, obviously, but 98% of them. Also, I think I did it just as it was on the cusp of getting very busy, and I know now after Covid it must be crazy.
I recommend it to people all the time. Just even for a week - do it.
We completed it in 2018 too!! Maybe you are in one of our videos 🤣 we had a transformative experience too ❤️ been meaning to go back
I love that name ‘Trapped Chatterbox’ I think I’m that! Lol
why couldn't you make friends and be open wherever you live ?
Thank you for this..
Truly appreciate being able to be a part of this Camino with you and Lisa ..with the 2 of you. Absolutely beautiful Journey.. Heart felt gratitude thank you... Excellent work
THANK YOU! This is one of the most honest and heartfelt accounts of The Camino I've watched to date...and I've watched plenty. Not only did I learn from your process, I really liked both Lisa and Josh as people. Much gratitude for sharing your absolute authentic, personal, thoughful and enjoyable journey!
All the best to you both. 🧡
Josh and Lisa, your Camino journey is the best my wife and I have watched, worthy to comment on.
Your narration was highlit by extraordinary vocabulary. You saw all the sides of the pilgrimage and made us realize that we should all do the Camino OUR WAY, not any body else's.
A number of your words brought me to tears and we cherish your closing phrase...
"It's all about the journey".
Thank you for sharing.
Hello Lisa and Josh congrats on your completion of Camino de Santiago journey. I am proud of you both for not allowing despair, boredom and people's approval discouraged you or changed your mind about your journey. You both sacrifice a great deal...... making the decision, taking that first step, remaining on the journey all the way to completion. Although you felt empty at the end and probably questioned why you did this in the first place I believe you both have learned a great deal of perseverance. You both pressed beyond your feelings, enjoyed each other's company and learn how to slow things down. It wasn't a competition, so learning how to enjoy the journey to where your going is what most people don't do in life and as a result are missing out on life most precious moments. You both stopped to smell the roses and enjoyed some rain. Again congrats and thanks for the video. #CaminodeSatiago2023 hopefully I'll be there with my hubby, professor and classmates. 🤗🙏🚶🏽♀️🧘🏽♀️🛌🏽🦶🌿🌳🥖🍳🍺☕️🌧🌝 🎫👟🧢 🇪🇸 I want to experience it all😉 Buen Camino
Thanks Lisa and Josh for an honest look at the journey you went through as you walked the Camino. Buenos Camino
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Lisa and Josh - I felt as if I were on the journey the entire time with you guys. I grew up in Barcelona and have always wanted to do this walk. After watching this video, I feel genuinely motivated. Thank you so so much for taking me on this memorable journey of a lifetime. You guys are the best.
"it's all about the journey, not the destination."
I always wondered why I would feel depressed after an accomplishment....sometimes I forget to enjoy the journey. Thank you for sharing this and inspiring me.
Wow! Thank you for the work to do this documentary! And for your honesty. I am doing the Camino at age 67. Each of my sons are taking time out of their lives to help me with my camera gear so we can carry two DSLrs and lenses to document and later quilt my montages of my Camino experiences. I'm starting in Leon with my oldest son and finishing from Sarria with my youngest son. I'm so grateful to them for going. I've done two things people advise you not to do - reserve ahead of time - which will limit my freedom, and carry heavy camera equipment. I tell you all of this, because your message to do the Camino your own way is heartfelt and genuine. I've read it elsewhere. But I really felt it in your account.
Buen Camino and you've got the majesty of the mountains and don't be shy about taking the bus out of Leon. I don't want to cross the line about planning but make sure you take the strongest son first! The scenery is superb. The slow climb to Cruz de ferro and the steep climb to O'cebriero offer fantastic vistas for your cameras and I'm sure you'll get lots of fantastic footage. So many lovely pueblos to enjoy, I'm sure you'll all have a ball.
Thanks so much for this Lisa-and-Josh-umentary! I came to this video by way of your more recent Camino Portuguese series (I'm planning to walk it next year). Especially appreciated the insight that applies to so much in life: "maybe your expectations were too high for reality to ever catch up."👏👏👏
Hey you guys! I loved your video documentary... honest, humble, and very real. My husband and I did the Sarria to Santiago stretch 6 years ago and it was such a wonderful experience. We're contemplating going back to start in France and make our way out to Santiago again - we'll likely break it up in two parts... do one half one year, another half the next year. My husband's family just completed their last portion of the Camino (Logrono to Burgos) this morning... and agreed... the Camino is whatever YOU want to make of it... it took them many years to walk the entire thing. Thanks for sharing, and for staying real/honest/humble!! Sending much love your way, Peregrinos!!
Absolutely wonderful and beautiful Camino. There is no right or wrong way, just your way. Be yourself, not others, not competing, but true to you and your being. Thank you for an amazing and inspirational video.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm heading there in 6 weeks and was uncertain what to expect (physically and mentally). Presently trying to get in shape for it working up to 14 mile walks each day. That in itself is a journey at 66.
Thanks Lisa and Josh❤
We walked from Pamplona to Logrono in ten days last september 2023 and this september we are cotinuing from Logrono to Bugos.
So, we are following your advice and are doing the camino in ”our own way” very, very slow and we love it❤
How amazing for you guys. I lived in Germany for several years, been to France, Spain, but at full speed of the Autobahn and never really got to see much. I've been planning the Camino for years, and COVID threw a wrench into the works. I saw both of you grow during this vid. I never even fast forwarded.
Good job!!!
Of course you know I'm doing more up to date research, and you guys have me convinced.
Hi, Jeff! Thanks so much for finding us and watching our film. The Camino really was such a unique experience and way to see Spain. We talk about going back again and again :) Hope you are able to do your Camino soon!!
One of the best videos of the camino. Thank you so much. Great job.
Great documentary! I literally bawled when you set foot in the cathedral square. I love all of the introspective questions. Thank you for sharing your experience and for sharing with others to be present in the moment and enjoy what is here now and what is around you. Peace, Love and Joy!
Yeah I misted over quite a few times too! I'm so glad I found this channel. Sometimes the algorithm just BRINGS!!!
Excellent video. Hundreds of thousands of people achieve remarkable things every day, and it's up to each individual to come to terms with the fact that very few other people on the planet understand that achievement. The instant gratification of someone saying, 'Wow, what uou did was amazing!' is denied to a huge number of them, so having learned that lesson at the end of your pilgrimage I hope that you'll be generous with your validations of other people's achivements for the rest of your lives, regardless of whether or not you identify with what they did. It's a wonderfully generous and kind thing to do for someone else and most of us forget to it enough.
Thank you Josh and Lisa for putting this documentary together. Excellent watch! I watched all your Camino videos. My Camino starts in a couple of weeks. Enjoy your travel!
Thank you very much!! :) it was a labor of love for us for sure. We hope you have exactly the Camino that you need
i feel very blessed to have shared some of your experiences on your journey, would love to try the camino some day in some way. wish you the best in all you do
Lisa and Josh, Thank you, thank you for this incredibly thoughtful, honest, and deeply reflective documentary. I felt as if I was able to get a close up and personal picture of places and experiences along the Camino, but even more impactful was hearing what you had to say at the end. The idea of the journey being what's important, not the destination, has become so familiar it's almost cliche, but the way you both talked about it was so authentic that it rang true in a deep way. And I loved the recommendation of asking what's off when things feel off--and that it may be that you're walking someone else's Camino, not your own. I'm planning a first and solo Camino in 2023 and I'm sure I'll come back to your video again. Buen Camino.
Best of luck, @Linda Burke. It's now on my bucket list too!
@@RA12121 Thank you!
I love your honesty in this video. Those who criticize your journey apparently don't understand that each Camino is different, and each Camino is just as valid as the next one. There are no rules or predefined requirements. Even the distance requirement for the certificate is silly.
I love this so much! I’m planning for a Camino - timing unknown - so I’ve been reading books, listening to podcasts, switched my watch to KMs! Your perspective is both refreshing and a great relief! I love how right in the middle you went to Madrid. The stopping often, snacking, etc, taking in the sights & smells, is exactly how we travel and I wanted to have the “permission” to do this on our Camino - maybe we only do 15km per day, maybe we take a couple of years to complete it, maybe we surprise ourselves. Thank you for putting this together and sharing your feelings along the way. I hope you have plans to go again!
I just realized I watched your video a year ago, but I enjoyed it so much that I watched it again. Thank you.
Thank you so much :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this!! A very true version of the Camino. My friend Susie and I are doing it this September and we have already decided to do it our way - take breaks when we want, and not to feel forced to walk each leg every day. Thanks to Lisa and Josh for making this video!!
I love your video, I walked from saint jean to Leon in October and had to stop because of a injury to my back and then restarted at the beginning in saint jean this April all the way through to Santiago, I was in tears when I heard the bag pipes and other pilgrims clapped when I entered the square, it was amazing but tiring journey, I had wanted to go on to muxia and Finisterre but my body was hurting too much so I chilled in Santiago and then went home. I already want to take off in Leon where I ended and get to Santiago and add muxia etc on to it plus my dreams are to walk the Portuguese route and the Norte.
Once you let go of what you think is the norm and embrace the differences you get a whole better experience.
I also had to forward my rucksack a couple of times because of pain and I felt guilty the first time but then noticing how my body was able to repair itself I realized I had needed this break and it was my Camino and my way. Thanks for sharing this film, I thoroughly enjoyed it and was in tears a few times remembering … 🙏🙏🙏
That wood palette turned into a seat at 34:30 when you were talking about low points and "your camino" was a tough afternoon for me too! I started sitting on the seat, but ended up laying on that concrete for about 20 minutes as there was shade, the slightest of breezes, and still 5 or 10 km farther to the albergue. Thanks for the bittersweet memory!
we remember this scene so well. thank you for sharing this. that shade and slight breeze must've felt so life giving
Lisa & Josh, Thank You so much for your experience for being yourselves, who you are, no matter what others think and say! And You are so beautiful and real! You made the real Camino!!!!! Thank You Guys! ☀💞
You guys are an inspiration, one day I will walk this.
Wow!!! What a beautiful piece of art and storytelling you have created. You most definitely captured the spirit of el Camino! And I was on it with you. You helped me relive my own experiences from when I did it. The solitude, the people, the villages, the food, the wine, the pain after lunch, the blisters, the adrenaline, the tears of boredom with yourself, the joy in the smallest things, the breeze, the rain, the scorching sun, the hellos, and the goodbyes with one self! OMgoodness, the list goes on and lives within me every day since. Thank you for encompassing the journey and for sharing it with the world. Buen camino!
I loved watching this as I'm hoping to do this next year. Ignore the negative comments! As you said, it's all about doing it YOUR way. If that means skipping part of it, then that's ok. Do what works for YOU! And yes, it's all about the journey. Great doco! You guys should feel proud.
Thank you Lisa and Josh … true and tried.. Loved your journey of discovery along the way.Enjoy your travels and share…
Thank you for refreshing my Camino experience of 2018. Your insightful comments and sharing of deep feelings very much appreciated. Buen Camino!
Buen Camino, Bernie!
A long but very worthwhile documentary of the Camino. Thank you for your efforts in bringing this to us and your honesty in the telling of it.
I am going on the Camino De Santiago in 13 days and I am feeling so many emotions. Thank you so much for this thoughtful, honest, and beautiful video as to what this experience will be like. It was truly eye opening and while I was feeling so much anxiety and stress leading up to this trip, I am feeling much more at ease and even excited to be going on this journey with my dad. Thank you again for taking the time to film, edit, and share this with the world. Buen Camino!
Hi Ishael. My sister is walking the Camino at the moment. She found that she did not have proper shoes: most paths are very rocky and hard to walk. She started in Lourdes and is at the moment in Carrion de los Candes. So make sure you have good shoes that will not let you feel every little rock you walk on. Wishing you a wonderful trip ahead.
which route are you taking?
Im taking the French way and going along the Camino Frances. Starting at St Jean Pied de Port
@@ishmaeldizon2637 Awesome thank you
Really great! Reflective, real and great tips. We head to Madrid tomorrow and will do 100k mid April, this was really insightful and inspiring. Thanks for sharing
As peaceful as the Camino itself. Thanks for bringing back the memories. 2019, when i did it with my dad feels like a lifetime ago... must go back!!
thank you for watching. we can't wait to bring our relatives on the Camino someday too :)
Loved this, thank you! Planning to walk my first Camino in June 2024. I have lots of questions and fears, not the fittest person around but would love the experience. I really enjoyed your video and your candid sharing. ♥️
Gracias por estar subtitulado en español para los que no hablamos inglés, me ha gustado mucho vuestro punto de vista sobre el camino
I have seen many Camino UTube Presentations and in my opinion this is the most natural one I have seen . I think the presentation offers something to those who walk every step of the way and those who don’t . Well done on a thoughtful and intelligent presentation of a very high standard.
Lisa and Josh……thank you so much for your wonderful insights about your “journey “. I have watched and listened to many other documentaries and comments about this trek but yours really hit home with me. Thank you for confirming my believe that it’s better to approach things in life with fewer expectations and more joy and wonder. I have wanted to do the Camino for a long time and if and when I do I will for certain do it…….my way. Thank You!
First of all, Congratulations on doing the Camino!
Second point, you're absolutely right, there's no 'correct' way of doing the Camino, each person's Camino is their own personal Way and the right Camino for that person.
Having done the French Way twice, in 2016 and 2022, I feel blessed to have been able to share in the experience. You get out of the Camino what you bring to it, and if you're willing to take the risk and open yourself to others, you're likely to find the most amazing peoples there.
Final point, if I may add to your final comment;
"Life is not about the destination, or the journey, but the people you meet on the Way."
Thanks so much for all of the work and sharing that went into this! Very real and moving. ...It also made five miles on my treadmill fly by today.
I just loved your honesty! Thank you for an amazing video from two lovely people!
Congratulations Peregrines.
Wow. Spoken from the heart, wonderful video! I know you put a LOT of time and effort into this. Very down-to-earth, informational, with a lot of perspective. And you found out...everyone Caminos at a different pace, their own way. Congratulations and well done! Buen Camino!
Buen Camino :) Love that the Camino continues to teach us life lessons 6 months later!
Couldn’t have put it better myself. Great stuff guys!
I love this video. I downloaded it when it was posted, and have watched it a few times during my Camino planning. I'm currently on the train headed south from Paris to Bayonne and then on to SJPDP, to start my Camino on Sunday, watching it one last time before I start my journey. Thank you for the information, this reminds me that it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be my own journey. Buen Camino!
Hello Lisa and Josh. This documentary went by so quickly because it was so well done. I have been wondering about the Camino, and now I think I have a great sense of it. Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching :)
Amazing capture of an amazing journey.. my wife and I travelled the Camino in 2017, this refreshed lifelong memories, would do it again in an instant! Stay safe and Buen Camino from Australia.
A great video so beautifully made by two very kind spirited people. I loved following your journey!
thank you for watching and following along
I think when you decided to go at your own speed and stop when you wanted for food etc and stay another night in some places the whole thing got a lot better for you. It should be enjoyable, not a punishment. I loved seeing the places you walked and the food you ate ❤️
I watched this being from Santaigo and living in the city centre. The feeling you get when you get into Santiago is real, people from here are a bit sick as the whole city is designed and build around pilgrims, sometimes you can't get into some places because it's full of pilgrims, sometimes you're busy and you have to get somewhere and they are just standing in the way, a lot of the houses and places in the old town are now pilgrim hostels and houses... also unfortunately we get a lot of drunk pilgrims who are just all around annoying.
For the rest I really enjoy the feeling and the idea of the Santaigo and that's why I watched the whole film you guys made, just wanted to leave a message here to respect us living and doing our daily live here. I'm sure you guys do, but not all of the people are so nice.
This is really important for us to hear-thank you for sharing with all of us.. we can understand that sentiment and hope to remember that everywhere we visit is someone else’s home and to treat it as such. Thanks for watching
I bet you are fun at parties 😂😂😂😂
I can imagine it would get exhausting living in a place where there is always tourists!
Walked the last stage twice, and they are right…it is not the destination but it is the journey. I only hope there to be one more time.
Thank you for sharing your story, guys. It made me feel closer to you because you acted naturally and honestly shared all aspects of your journey, both pleasant and not so. It inspires when you share how you kept going even being unprepared physically and emotionally and that you struggled a lot. Thank you, enjoyed every moment of the movie. Good luck with your lives and new journeys 🙂
I walked the Camino in 2001! I am sure things have changed a lot since. Would love to walk it again!
Fanstastic, so glad to hear that the journey revealed the ending.
Beautifully put together with honesty and lessons learned along the way.
Can’t wait to visit Pilgrim House, we have often felt lost at the end of our Camino’s, walking around the city, when we would have loved a quiet introspective area to mull over our experiences.
Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
😊 Thank you for watching and following along. The Pilgrim's House definitely felt like a place to decompress and just be.
Excellent, excellent video. For those of us who will never have this experience, it was a great demonstration of what this endeavor is all about. Thank you for your efforts and for sharing your journey with us!
Wow, you guys! What a milestone this is. You made a full-on documentary, and it is PBS-level quality!
Yahhh!! 😊 (PBS, are you out there?)
We, as North Americans, live a fast-paced life, where we measure success in life by achieving a “goal”. I think what you've learned and what you express at the end of your vlog is that you have discovered that the journey seems to be the most important part of a Camino. Not the finish. So of course the end was unsatisfying. Your focus was on the finish. What we get from your words Josh, is that you realize that taking the moments to enjoy the many days of journey, and what each day brings you, is the key and the purpose and/or enjoyment of a Camino. Perhaps the second time around will be the fulfilling one? I thoroughly enjoyed your adventure, thank you for sharing it with us. It has opened my eyes and I will remember your thoughts and experience when I go on my first Camino ❤
Beautifully narrated, thank you, having done a couple Caminos I will recommend your video to people thinking of doing one. 💖
Thank you so much! ❤️
I love you two. A real version of a Camino. I’ve watched so many Camino videos and series over the years, read every guidebook, and I just love your process and heartfelt conclusions. Thank you for the humor and willingness to share the discomfort as well.