The feast day of St. James, the patron saint of the Camino de Santiago, is officially celebrated throughout the Camino de Santiago on the 25th July of every year. When the feast day of St. James falls on a Sunday, the year is deemed to be a holy one. Indeed, St James’ Day falls on […]
Wild Camino: Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
Buen Camino! I’m a woman who has made many personal dreams come true. I gave up the rat race to pursue a life with more meaning. The choice that I made led me to the Camino de Santiago where I found my purpose as a guide helping pilgrims on the long road to Santiago. I […]
Shanta Ranee On Serendipity And The Green House In Santiago De Compostela
Many people have asked me why I chose to live in Santiago de Compostela. I didn’t. It was more serendipity than choice. In 2018 the youngest of my two daughters was assigned to the University of Santiago as an Erasmus student as part of her year abroad. Neither of us had even heard of the […]
Can The Camino Heal A Broken Heart?
Why are so many people drawn to walking a Camino de Santiago? As I share in my book A Wild Woman’s Guide to the Camino De Santiago, there are many reasons. One is the need to heal a broken heart. I saw many people grieving during my first Camino Frances in 2016, sitting by the […]
Santiago de Compostela Welcomes Pilgrims Once Again!
Yes! I’m back in Santiago de Compostela after walking the Leon to Sairra stage on the Camino Frances. What an amazing journey! I last visited Santiago a couple of weeks ago after completing the Portuguese Spiritual route and the city was very quiet. At that time, the rain poured down for most of my visit […]
Thank You For Making The Camino De Santiago So Special.
The spirit of peace matched my footsteps on the Portuguese Camino de Santiago route when I came across this little serenity garden, a patch of wild for meditation. I often talk about the Camino spirit as joy, an awakening of the heart, as I experienced during my Camino Frances. The Camino spirit was one of […]
Santiago! Santiago! I Made My Way To The Promise Land!
Buen Camino! Santiago! Santiago! I’ve reached the end of the long road to Santiago. I began my Camino with my puppaboy William in the Portuguese border town of Caminha on the 1st May 2021. I crossed over the border into Spain and walked along the stunning coastline of the Portuguese Coastal route visiting the towns […]