Peter Murtagh, Natasha Murtagh

Buen Camino! Walk the Camino de Santiago with a Father and Daughter (eBook, ePUB)

A Physical Journey that Became a Spiritual Transformation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Peter and Natasha's journey through Camino de Santiago starts in drizzle and wind as they scale Croagh Patrick, Ireland's Holy Mountain in Mayo, before setting off immediately afterwards for the Pyrénées in France. There, they start walking the Camino, the Way of St James, to Santiago de Compostela. It is a gruelling trek over three mountain ranges; through fields and valleys, villages, towns and cities, to the lush countryside and forests of Galicia, and eventually to Finisterre, the pagan end of the earth. Along the way, they meet a motley collection of other pilgrims - men and women, young and old, from many countries - with whom they laugh, cry and above all have fun amid moments of high drama, exhilaration and sometimes exhaustion. They run with the bulls and parade in a fiesta; they pray with the faithful, and explore the Camino's rich Christian and pagan history, its tiny churches and majestic cathedrals; they stay in its sometimes Spartan pilgrim hostels and appreciate the richness of living simply, with few possessions, on about EUR20 each a day. And after five weeks' walking, do they still love each other? Absolutely ... and would do it all again tomorrow if they could ...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gill Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780717151738
• Artikelnr.: 38225152

Autorenporträt

Peter Murtagh is an award-winning Irish journalist and author. Currently a reporter with The Irish Times, Peter has worked for The Sunday Times and The Guardian in London, winning an Award for Outstanding Journalism in Ireland in 1984 and the UK Reporter of the Year award in 1986. He is the author of four highly acclaimed books: The Boss: Charles Haughey in Government (with Joe Joyce), Blind Justice: The Sallins Mail Train Robbery (with Joe Joyce), The Rape of Greece: The King, the Colonels and the Resistance and Buen Camino!, which he wrote with his teenage daughter Natasha, a bestselling account of their pilgrimage along the Way of St James from Croagh Patrick in Co. Mayo to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He is 57 years old and lives at home with his wife Moira, son Patrick and co-author and daughter Natasha, and their three dogs and two cats.