Walking the Camino's Way

The scallop shell is the primary symbol associated with Camino pilgrims. When
early pilgrims would walk to ―the end of the Earth‖ (Finisterre, Spain — about four days‘
journey on foot from Santiago) to cleanse their Souls, they would find a scallop shell on
one of the beaches there and then walk back home; bringing the shell as ―proof‖ that
they had completed the Journey. Though most pilgrims these days tend to only walk to
Santiago, many carry a scallop shell with them still.
―It‘s an individual taking a journey, that‘s the perspective. It happened here,
and it could happen anywhere. The idea of leaving home is commonplace — and yet
it is actually the idea of finding home that is universal; of finding what Home means.‖
~ inspired by Alan Cooke
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