Carroll Koepplinger is a hike leader with the local Carolina Mountain Club, but in the past three years the 79-year-old has spent each May walking a pilgrimage route in Europe, covering in stages most of the distance from Geneva, Switzerland, to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The historic pilgrimage route, the Camino de ... (See News)

  With its cobbled alleys, old convents and Gothic-Baroque cathedral, Galicia's Santiago de Compostela seems plucked, Brigadoon-style, from the Middle Ages as Catholic pilgrims mill outside the place where St.James the Apostle is allegedly buried. This summer, however, Santiago was buzzing with new energy. In a downtown g ... (See News)

  The Camino de Santiago has a way of humbling the proud. My feet had been trouble-free until the halfway point of the 800-kilometre trail, that runs from the French border across the mountains, valleys and plains of northern Spain. Most fellow travellers had experienced foot problems, some serious enough to make them quit t ... (See News)

  (Tribune Media Services) -- I'm tucked away in Santiago de Compostela, in the northwest corner of Spain. I have a three-part agenda: see pilgrims reach their goal in front of the cathedral, explore the market and buy some barnacles in the seafood section -- then have them cooked for me, on the spot, in a cafe. Whenever I'm ... (See News)

  Today many people are seeking out more heartfelt stories with substance—with soul—to bring light and understanding to a sometimes soul-less existence. Somewhat disgruntled with the media-designated celebrities and heroes of yesterday, people instead are moving toward finding “real” people who can inspire and motivate them t ... (See News)