Oh Stephanie! Again, I sit here with emotions stirring after watching your video!! I literally cried with your last Camino!! You are one fantastic storyteller. Your mom is as beautiful a soul as you are, she must be so proud of the woman she raised. This time together will be cherished forever. It’s obvious how much you miss your dad - have that cry and walk on!! Buen Camino from Orlando, Florida!!! God’s blessings to you both.

I love your camino videos! You've been part of my inspiration to go on my own grief walk after loosing my mom. And I completed the portuguese route in July of this year. It was very hard, blut glad I went through with it. You and your mom are so cute together 🥰

Stephanie, I enjoyed your France to Spain video. I have been looking forward to see your Portugal to Spain video. I did the Lisbon to Santiago Spain last September 2023. I only stayed in one hostel. It was at Mosteiro de vairlapo. We had private rooms. The staff volunteers were very nice. I've been thinking of starting a KZfaq to post my Camino. But I don't know how to go about it? Thank you for sharing your knowledge and adventures.

OMG I'm so happy you are back dropping videos. Don't worry about the keyboard warriors they are not worth a single ounce of your brain power. I am about to rewatch your NYC walking video as I will be there in 2 weeks 🎉

Thank you for your thoughtful, heartfelt video. Bringing back memories of our Camino. Obrigada.💞

If you ever go back, book Casa Fernanda! I got so excited when I saw it in your video 😍 It is truly a marvelous experience 🌹❤

Loved your Camino Frances video! I Gave it an A+! Was really excited whn I saw you made another camino video but U did not in any way capture the spirit the camino the way you did before. I give it a C. ☹ Oh well., like what I have to say matters to anyone at all .

Stephanie, another fantastically curated video. So good to see a Camino family member sharing the path with her mother and with the rest of us via your video's.

I am so happy for both of you that you were able to walk the Camino together. Maybe your father was an angel? He didn't just leave you behind, he gave you something so beautiful as the Camino.

I went on the Camino three times and always traveled over Paris to stay there for at least a night. I'm grateful for the chances to visit the city, the people I've met there or from there on the Camino. Thank you for sharing.

I wrote an entire memoir in that room, and I adore that bookstore. ✍️

I think you were inspired by the movie Midnight in Paris! It felt that way. ☕️

This is a really detailed video of that route. Love it. I’m going to use this experience to enhance my Camino experience early next year. Beautifully done! 🥃 Congratulations 🍾

Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing.

How much did your backpack weighted?

Wow, thank you for sharing this journey with us! I already loved your other Camino videos but this one I had to comment 😊 I am going to do the Camino Portuguese in a couple of months and now I am even more exited! Looking forward to part two. May I ask which Camino app you used?

Such a beautiful video. Honestly your Camino videos are the best I’ve watched. I’m hoping to do the central one say it looks amazing ❤

Hi Stefanie, I finished walking the Camino Francés on 25 July (just over 4 weeks ago). I first thought of doing it on 1 June and left New Zealand on 16 June so I had little time to prepare. Amongst others I watched your videos and I want to say they were a big help. I only wore Keen Newport H2 sandals, no socks - fantastic. I have just decided to walk it again next year and leave a week or so later to catch the sunflowers in bloom, and am considering following your lead this time and wearing Chacos - were they as good on your 2nd Camino? I found the Keens superb although slightly too narrow for my feet (I often walk barefoot, and might walk parts of it barefoot next time). I love it. So … are you going to do another? Maybe the Primitivo or Portuguese? I want to walk the Francés again because while I walked the whole way, I want to stay in different towns and albergues, learn some Spanish before I go so I can communicate with the locals better (which I loved doing despite the language barrier). Take care, Alex

...loved this video so much, Stefanie, and its been so nice finally meeting your mom (and can't wait to see Andre again in Part 2)... the flow of you weaving your inner camino, thoughts, feelings, anxieties & happiness, into your outer camino, is so touching and spell-binding... I feel so much empathy for you... your thoughts and feelings about your parents remind me very much of my own journey (my parents both died within the last 4 years)... yes, we become aware of how life can feel like a fleeting moment, and when our loved ones go, there is no turning back of the clock anymore... and eventually we will get there ourselves, at the crossroads of life and beyond... you also touched a very crucial reflection of today's breathless culture: to get nervous, when there is nothing left to do... like hamsters in a wheel, that don't know what to do, when it suddenly stops... I think, thats why meditation is so hard for us... and so important... ...if we would meet on the camino (my 3rd one is still waiting to come, maybe next year) I'm sure we would have a wonderful and deep conversation, and quite a laugh too (life's paradox: its serious, and at the same time also not)... thank you so much for being so open, vulnerable and enthusiastic, Stefanie... sending you a heart-felt 'ultreya' 😎💖🌈

just like a great book, I didn't want this video to end ... so looking forward to the next part so I can "walk" the Camino with the beautiful two of you

"Sit down and cry by yourself if you need to, and then ... keep walking." What a great way of looking at life. I'm a 45 year old guy, so I'm not into all of this weepy emotion sometimes expressed by modern youth. You seem like a more sensitive soul, but clearly you've still got your head screwed on and your shit together. Congratulations on another terrific film.

Portugal looks beautiful, well done to your mother for trying and surprising herself on what she can achieve, in 2 days I start my 2nd Camino frances from SJPDP, really looking forward to the entire adventure.

That’s a man. A good man 🥃

What a wonderful record of your journey with your mom and yourself. I thought it was sweet how you worried about her when she went ahead of you that day. How the roles were reversed from when you were young or even when you went on your first two Caminos. It was also refreshing to see your vulnerability in missing your dad. This video was so full of the love you have for both of your parents. And all of this with the images of the Camino Portugues! So enjoyable sipping coffee on a Saturday morning in North Carolina with my two dogs. Thank you for this gift to us all!

I’m starting from Porto in November! Did the Frances to Finisterre in 2017. Cannot wait to be back! Love your videos.

Oh my god. I’m just five minutes in and I’m already holding back the tears

Wao... U r again on the road... I also want to go ... Pls help me

if all powerful benevolent god is the true creator of every thing not the satans ruling you human slaves then why would god want & need to create you to get thirsty drink urinate only to get thirsty drink urinate again and so on ?

Lovely to see another camino video from you. Although I would have prefered it to be a single long video, instead of being split into several parts. But I still like and look forward to the next part.

🚶🚶‍♂🚶‍♀👍Another great Camino video. What a special experience to be able to do this with your mom at this time. A big shout out to your mom. "WAY TO GO MOM". I really enjoy your narration. Yes, Portuguese Way looks like a really nice route. Nice scenery and enjoy seeing the different villages. I also enjoy seeing the felines😺 along the way.🐾 They appear to be very people friendly.🌅From a sunset/sunrise junkie I Love love the sunsets at 7:40, 13:38, 21:29.🌄 That was so sweet to hear about your anxiety and worrying about your mom. I just had to smile. 😀 Nothing wrong with caring. Thanks for sharing and keep on trekking. ✌n ca usa😎

What was the liqueur at the end?. Porto?

25:01 - Stefanie walking fast. 😂😂😂

After a long day, I finally got some free time to watch this episode. OMG!. You are so freaking good… the storytelling, the sensitivity, everything is perfect. I truly thank you for the effort. There is a lot of work behind this: the trip, the physical effort of the Camino, the effort to create such beautiful videos, the edit, the selection of the music. Thank you so much for giving us all this.

Really enjoyed your new video. Pretty sure my mom wouldn’t do that!

How far are you going per day? Your mom appears to be close to my age, and I’m wondering what a good distance is for her. I worry myself about walking long distances when I go (next year).

Brilliant video. I love the fact your mum is with you doing this amazing Camino. Really looking forward to part 2. Your mum is an amazing lady, we can see where you get your strength from now. Even the strongest of us can have anxiety and emotions that overwhelm us from time to time and that’s okay.. as they say, it’s ok not to be ok. When those days happen, take your time and be kind to yourself. Your videos help in so many ways. Buen Camino always

Beautiful ❣️

fell into Part 1 of your beautiful narrative of the Camino Portugues and am looking forward to Part II. Been thinking about doing the Camino. Looking forward to being able to walk the ancient Camino and grounding yourself back to the earthly elements. We have to make a greater effort today to step out of this daily bubble saturated with consumables; to step back into nature’s ground, and connect back with ourselves again.

Good video Stefanie. Thank you for sharing, beautiful to see the relationship with your mother and the sharing of your inner struggles. I am Portuguese and I am planning to do the Camino Portugues next year. Looking forward to seeing the 2nd part. I wish you to overcome your inner struggles, learn from them.

Hola mi primita desde Envigado Medellinte te saluda Willian Hurtado. Un abrazo

If you recorded every hour of the camino, i would watch it! Your mom is really funny and sweet. I am so happy you get to do this with her! You already visited more of the North of Portugal than I did, and i am portuguese 😅 can't wait for part 2. ✨

You’re a beautiful story teller. Your Mom is fiesty like you😊 Great bonding experience for both of you❤

Hi Stefanie, first of all...just like you your mom is such a beautiful woman 🥰 It must have been a special journey doing this together with your mom ♥

Happy Friday!. Looking forward to watching the 1st episode!

HI Stephanie I am almost finished saving up my 5K for my 2 week trip coming from Los Angeles, California. Once I payoff my last credit card. I am making my reservations or 2025. What is the best month to go. I have to start from Sirria or is there a better place for the 2 weeks.

All 4 One...I Swear. I really enjoyed your video. I hope someday to hike the Camino.

Wonderfull beginning for the Portuguese Camiño! 😃🥰 It's so good to see again people that make difference in our life and really had some meaning! ☺️🙏

Quentin returns! Great video.

Your videos are magical. So happy you met up with him again. You two had such a great time on the Camino❤

Next time you can try Camino inglés, from El Ferrol, short but amazing, and not crowded