Josh Walks 500 Miles Across Spain! (Camino De Santiago)

Send us Fan MailYou know that feeling when you’re stuck in your own routine and you’d do almost anything for a clean reset? That’s the heart of this conversation as we get back behind the mic and unpack a six-week trip that included Paris, a wedding in Germany, and a 31-day, nearly 500-mile Camino de Santiago walk across Spain with zero rest days. It’s the kind of journey most of us have heard about in passing, but rarely get the honest, practical details on what it’s actually like day to day. We talk through the Camino Francés in plain language: what albergues are really like, how pilgrim meals and small-town cafes keep walkers going, and why “Buen Camino” turns strangers into a moving community. We also get specific about Camino planning: booking beds ahead versus trusting the process, how mileage decisions affect your experience, and what happens when you’re committed to a schedule and your body starts pushing back. If you’ve ever Googled “Camino de Santiago packing list,” “Camino de Santiago cost,” or “how hard is the Camino,” you’ll get real-world answers here. Then we get into the gritty parts and the meaningful parts. Foot care becomes survival when blisters show up on the sides of your heels, and we share what helped most: socks, Vaseline, Compeed, trekking poles, and recovery habits like elevating your feet. We also talk about the people you meet when no one cares what you do for a living, only who you are and why you’re walking. That openness leads to powerful moments like the Iron Cross ritual of leaving a stone behind, and even a fun twist with geocaching that adds “hidden treasure” energy to an ancient pilgrimage route. We wrap with what it feels like to come home, why “Camino blues” is a real thing, and how living for a month out of a backpack changes your relationship with stuff, time, and self-worth. If this story sparks something in you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review with the question you want us to answer next.Support the showFacebookInstagramYoutube