Just outside Carmel’s bustling niche community lies the home of the Carmelite Sisters By The Sea. The monastery’s majestic tower stands tall among palm trees overlooking the northern Pacific coastline. The sisters remain cloistered behind these walls, closed off from the…
The rain on the plateau of Spain’s Meseta has left the pilgrim’s route a muddy runway cutting through the farm fields . The mud cakes to my shoes, building up on the soles and sides of my feet, adding weight…
Boarding a bus bound for Burgos, the driver opens the luggage compartment and Pilgrims toss bicycles, backpacks and poles into the cavernous space. Locals are piling into the bus, briefcases in hand. It’s Monday morning and day twelve of my…