Susan Alcorn

Susan Alcorn and her husband, Ralph, hike most of the 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. This is a combination of notes and research Alcorn gathered after the hike and her journal entries during the hike. It may be one the best of the Camino books I have read for detailing the day to day activities along the way, but I found it slightly disappointing. Perhaps because Susan and her husband don't speak the language, she tends not to write about the friendships and relationships other authors see as the highlight of their Camino experience. I suppose each person experiences the Camino differently, but I found the lack of interaction with others disappointing.… (mehr)