I really didn't want to blog about my trip...

I didn't like the idea of spending an hour each day, writing about the events of the day, struggling to upload photos and worrying about whether I made any spelling/grammar mistakes (the curse of being a writer). It's because I'm selfish and wanted my trip to be about disconnecting from the world. But after chatting to some friends, I realised that while writing about it might be a bit painful for me, it will be great for those who have never heard of the Camino or who are interested in doing it themselves one day. And it's also for all my special peeps who are worried that I'll be kidnapped by a curly-haired Spaniard.

So, for those of you who don't know, over the next six weeks I will be walking the Camino de Santiago with my beautiful, funny, thoughtful and caring mother, Lynette. We are doing the French Route (most popular), which starts in the small town of St Jean Pied de Port in the south of France and ends 790km away in Santiago de Compostela in the north west coast of Spain.

We have been planning this trip for a year. The anticipation has been unbearable; I've had so many sleepless nights and stress-filled days that I almost wanted to say, stuff it I'd rather go for a beach holiday in Bali. Just kidding, I would never swap this trip for anything in the world! I will be blogging about it here and posting pics along the way on Instagram (see feed on the right).

We leave on Monday 11th April, so five days and counting.

Now, I leave you with some free images I found online of the Camino (because obvs I haven't taken any yet). Also, check out this amazeballs Video that gives you a very good idea of what the route is like.

Adiós, hasta luego!

The scallop is the official symbol for the Camino. There are various stories about the origin of the symbol. One of the stories claim that after St James was killed in Jerusalem, his body was shipped to Spain. During the trip, however, there was a big storm that hit the ship. After some time his body was found and covered in scallop shells.

Umm, how pretty is this?!

Just keep walking, walking, walking.

Apparently 90% of the Camino is on tar road and you walk through big cities like Pamplona and Leon. So no Cheryl Strayed-ing it in the wild.

If you've watched the movie The Way, this is the place where the large dude from Amsterdam compares his waist line to one of these metal sculptures. It's funny. 

Apparently there are fields and fields and fields of sunflowers along The Way. So much of prettiness, I can't wait!