AT#260 - Biking Spain's Camino di Santiago

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2010

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ben Dixon about biking the route of the Camino di Santiago in northern Spain. The Camino di Santiago is a an ancient pilgrim trail that runs across northern Spain from the border with France to Santiago di Compostella. The cathedral in Santiago di Compostella reputedly holds the remains of St. James. Modern day pilgrims are sometimes drawn by faith and sometimes just drawn by the journey itself to trek for a month across the varied landscapes of northern Spain. As an American, Ben did not have a month of vacation but rather than be one of those pilgrims who only traverses the very end of the trail he chose to take on the pilgrim route on a bicycle. Along the way he stayed in the hostels that house the many pilgrims where he met people who had been walking from far beyond the border with France. Through countryside, cities and picturesque towns he rode in both sunshine and driving rain, but the highlight of the trip might not be what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.0	in my passport photo.
0:11.0	Amateur Traveler episode 260. Today the Amateur Traveler episode 260.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler talks about pilgrims and pathways and bicycles as we visit the
0:19.3	Camina de Santiago in Northern Spain. I'm in northern Spain.
0:25.0	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.0	but maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:35.0	Before we get into this week's interview, I do have two news stories for you.
0:40.0	The first one is still playing out in the news and that is a Hornets nest that American Airlines
0:44.8	kicked when it decided to pull its fares off of orbits.
0:50.4	Now there's going to be a lot written about this stories, but basically American Airlines is just fighting for a greater share of the $5 ticketing fee, and you can understand why it's a tough day to be an airline.
1:02.0	But one of the things that has already happened because of this
1:05.2	is Expedia announced that they were not taking the American fares off of their site, but making
1:11.0	them just a little harder to find.
1:13.0	And then even Sabre, that was originally started by American,
1:17.0	which is a ticketing agency, has apparently made it harder for their employees
1:21.0	to book American Airlines. So stay tuned. This story is a bit of a
1:24.9	showdown and we'll be hearing more about it. And then speaking of showdowns, a pilot in San Francisco
1:31.8	had his deputy status removed and his federally issued firearm confiscated
1:37.0	because he took pictures of the San Francisco airport all in public areas just showing that the security that the grounds crew go through
1:47.2	is not as serious as the security that the pilots go through.
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