Reflections and Lessons from the Camino Finisterre–Muxía
Reflecting on the Camino Finisterre “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you … while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” - John Muir The final stretch to the “end of the world”… again, and again, and again, and again. We’ve walked the Camino Finisterre–Muxía four times now - and each time, it has called us back with the same quiet insistence. Though the trails of the Portuguese Central , the Portuguese Coastal and Espiritual routes, the Camino de Madrid , the San Salvador, the Primitivo , and most recently the Via de la Plata and Sanabrés brought us to Santiago, it was always this last stretch - west to Fisterra, then north to Muxía that helped us let go. This is a trail we love deeply. A rugged, windswept walk to the edge of the world, and then a gentler arc along the Atlantic, where waves and memory blur into one. For us, the Camino doesn’...