Why walk to Rome?

Appreciating the time wealth of 

retirement

After walking 500 miles across Spain on the Camino de Santiago in 2015,  we developed our 30-second response for people who ask ‘why did you do it?’ 

We were transitioning from corporate careers into retirement, we were stripping ourselves down to simplicity for a while, we were bonding together in a shared physical and spiritual challenge.

So a year later, why are we walking on a pilgrimage again? We’ve found ourselves still celebrating in the Camino’s afterglow. It’s nothing we can explain but it’s deeply felt between us.

See that city on the hill? We're 

walking to it...

In a tidy and risk-averse world, we enjoy the unpredictability of stepping out each day into the unknown and navigating a path through crazy challenges and unexpected joys. 

We love getting to know cultures and history at a speed of 2.5 mph, walking through tiny villages and pastoral scenes that are unchanged from 1000 years ago. 

We're willing to trade discomfort for adventure

We’re choosing to walk during the Year of Mercy -- which the world so desperately needs.  

And we’re shaking our fists at aging. 

At this stage in life, we’re healthy and fit, full of wanderlust, willing to trade discomforts for adventures. 

We are trying to use the "time weath" of retirement wisely...

We enjoy the 

unpredictability of stepping

 out each day into the

 unknown

We love getting to know cultures and history at a speed of 2.5 mph.