Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street

Thousands of pilgrims travel the Camino de Santiago each year. 1.000 years ago there were many routes, as pilgrims left their homes in Spain, England, France. Portugal, or wherever. And headed towards Santiago de Compostella. 

Most modern day pilgrims take the French route, westward across northern Spain.

The path is clearly marked with yellow arrows or seashells,

Camino de Santiago souvenirs:

Camino de Santiago t-shirts:

Everyone says that it's completely obvious, you can't get lost...

However, there are no yellow arrows on the bike route, and we have managed to get lost every day. 

Asking for directions:

This cyclist in the Ernie and Bert jersey is Raphael. He is a Spaniard who speaks no English, but he is giving us directions to the Camino from Logrono.

From what we could understand, Raphael told us that you have to be very strong to bike the Camino, then pointed us in the direction to go.

We had to bike several km of the rocky Camino path, but still couldn't find the road, about 30 minutes later we ask another cyclist for directions. Oh, he's also wearing a Sesame Street jersey. 

It's Raphael again! Please note that Raphael is riding a mountain bike and we are on road bikes so we need to find the road, but he can ride the dirt. His English is no better, and our comprehension is no better, but somehow he conveys his story to us.

This isn't the first time that Raphael has ridden the Camino de Santiago, and he has a photo of  the newspaper clipping to prove it. Raphael had Hodgkins Disease, and rode the Camino solo by mountain bike. After his Camino, his Hodgkins Disease was cured! You have to be very strong to ride the Camino. I hope that my faith can be as strong as Raphael's