Welcome
I created this blog to give shape and order to the memories collected over nearly a quarter of a century of travels, which have taken me across all five continents, each time returning with a suitcase full of stories, emotions, and encounters.
It is a personal diary, a container of memories, which I leave open to anyone who wishes to browse, dream, or perhaps find inspiration and practical advice for their next adventure. Whether you are seasoned travellers or first-time explorers, I hope you can find something here to inspire you to discover new worlds. Sometimes, all it takes is a story to spark the desire to set off or, simply, to travel in your mind.
I am launching this blog by sharing an experience that is especially meaningful to me: The Way of Saint James. I will recount it stage by stage, divided into chapters that follow the rhythm of my footsteps. Writing it has been a way for me to return to those paths rich in history and spirituality, reliving every wonder but also every challenge.
To those who choose to follow me through my story, I wish you the chance to experience The Way through my words and images, allowing yourself to be carried along "step by step" along a route of nearly nine hundred kilometres, from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela, continuing then to touch the Atlantic Ocean at Finisterre.
Aldo Lardizzone
Presentation
Step by Step on The Way of Saint James
Returning from The Way of Saint James with my heart full of emotions and my mind overflowing with memories, I felt the need to record every fragment of my experience before time could fade it away.
My narrative thus joins the countless stories already written, both by renowned authors and by ordinary pilgrims.
Just another story, then! -
But it is also a unique story, unlike any other, because it speaks of my experience, written with my own perspective, perceptions, and way of recounting events.
... or choose a chapter from the index.
First part
- Presentation
- Prologue
- From Naples to Toulouse
- From Toulouse to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- Stage 1 - From Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles
- Stage 2 - From Roncesvalles to Zubiri
- Stage 3 - From Zubiri to Pamplona
- Stage 4 - From Pamplona to Puente la Reina
- Stage 5 - From Puente la Reina to Estella
- Stage 6 - From Estella to Los Arcos
Second part
- Stage 7 - From Los Arcos to Logroño
- Stage 8 - From Logroño to Nájera
- Stage 9 - From Nájera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- Stage 10 - From Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado
- Stage 11 - From Belorado to San Juan de Ortega
- Stage 12 - From San Juan de Ortega to Burgos
- Stage 13 - From Burgos to Tardajos
- Stage 14 - From Tardajos to Castrojeriz
- Stage 15 - From Castrojeriz to Frómista
- Stage 16 - From Frómista to Carrión de los Condes
Third part
- Stage 17 - From Carrión de los Condes to Terradillos de los Templarios
- Stage 18 - From Terradillos de los Templarios to El Burgo Ranero
- Stage 19 - From El Burgo Ranero to Puente Villarente
- Stage 20 - From Puente Villarente to León
- Stage 21 - From León to San Martín del Camino
- Stage 22 - From San Martín del Camino to Astorga
- Stage 23 - From Astorga to Foncebadón
- Stage 24 - From Foncebadón to Ponferrada
- Stage 25 - From Ponferrada to Villafranca del Bierzo
- Stage 26 - From Villafranca del Bierzo to O Cebreiro
Fourth part
- Stage 29 - From Barbadelo to Gonzar
- Stage 30 - From Gonzar to Melide
- Stage 31 - From Melide to Pedrouzo (O Pino)
- Stage 32 - From Pedrouzo (O Pino) to Santiago de Compostela
- Stage 33 - From Santiago de Compostela to Negreira
- Stage 34 - From Negreira to Olveiroa
- Stage 35 - From Olveiroa to Finisterre
- Muxía and Santiago de Compostela
- Stage 28 - From Triacastela to Barbadelo
- Stage 27 - From O Cebreiro to Triacastela
- Santiago de Compostela. Epilogue