Jean-Christophe Rufen, writer, doctor, diplomat, member of the French Academy, in this book recalls how he went as a pilgrim to the relics of the Apostle James in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. Rüfen walked more than eight hundred kilometers through the Basque Country, along the sea coast in the province of Cantabria, and passed the fields and mountains of Asturias and Galicia. In his travel notes, he tells what he saw and experienced during the long weeks of travel: here are descriptions of nature, street scenes, characteristics of the author’s companions, and philosophical reflections. And about everything - witty, with light and kind irony towards others and oneself.