Introduction and Background
February 4, 2016
Greetings! I am Jim Geier, or more precisely and legally I am James Christopher Geier, having been named after both Saint James and Saint Christopher, a strong Catholic name.
This blog is a record of my preparing for and walking the Camino Frances route of the Camino de Santiago. I will be starting the walk in Saint Jean Pied de Port in southwestern France, walking 800 km (500 miles) to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, in the district of Galicia where the remains of Saint James the Great are interred in the city's central cathedral. The plan is to start the walk in St. Jean on April 18, 2016, and arrive in Santiago on May 23 (the same year - it is a long walk, and I am hoping to complete it in much less than a year).
Then I am planning to walk four more days to Finisterre on the Spanish coast. The name Finisterre, or Fisterra in Galician, comes from the Latin FINIS TERRAE, meaning "Land's End", or "the end of the earth." This name stems from the fact that this area is on a remote peninsula that is one of the westernmost points of land in Galicia, and hence in Spain (and was thought to be the end of the earth in ancient times).
Next: Some History, Motivation, and Planning
This blog is a record of my preparing for and walking the Camino Frances route of the Camino de Santiago. I will be starting the walk in Saint Jean Pied de Port in southwestern France, walking 800 km (500 miles) to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, in the district of Galicia where the remains of Saint James the Great are interred in the city's central cathedral. The plan is to start the walk in St. Jean on April 18, 2016, and arrive in Santiago on May 23 (the same year - it is a long walk, and I am hoping to complete it in much less than a year).
Then I am planning to walk four more days to Finisterre on the Spanish coast. The name Finisterre, or Fisterra in Galician, comes from the Latin FINIS TERRAE, meaning "Land's End", or "the end of the earth." This name stems from the fact that this area is on a remote peninsula that is one of the westernmost points of land in Galicia, and hence in Spain (and was thought to be the end of the earth in ancient times).
Next: Some History, Motivation, and Planning
