Ahhh thank you again to everyone who has watched my story, taken the time to leave such thoughtful comments, and for sharing your stories! This means the world to me ❤ I've created a Patreon with behind the scenes from this trip, as well as an 8 hour rough cut of this documentary (ad-free) if anyone's interested! www.patreon.com/stefaniehurtado. You can also now watch my most recent Camino Portugues with my momma 🥲
I am 37 years old, I am from Ponferrada, I have seen pilgrims passing through my city all my life and I have never had the desire to walk el camino... until this video. fuck! It has been incredible, I think I'm going to dare to do it! Thank you Stef.
Stephanie, I'm so pleased I found your video today. I walked the Camino in 2019 aged 68, I was meant to go again in 2020 but the world changed for everyone. Now aged 72 I thought I was too old to go again and follow my dream of walking to the end of the earth (I caught the bus at the end of my last Camino) but now I'm planning on going in 2024. So thank you for sharing your Camino, like you, I will be walking for my parents who both passed since my last Camino. ❤👣👣
I have watched many Camino vlogs and have followed peregrinos on different routes. I can say hands down that yours is the absolute best I’ve seen. The homage you paid to your dad is a testament of the wonderful man he must’ve been. Congratulations for every mile, every tear, all the friends/family you made along the Camino, but most importantly congratulations on finding yourself. I’m in awe of the raw beauty you presented. I will never be able to walk the Camino because of health reasons but I gladly strapped on my virtual backpack to follow you. I’m still wiping tears away. Buen Camino Stephanie from Orlando, Florida.
😭 wow. Can’t even tell you how much this comment means to me. Thank you so so much ❤️ I’m so glad you could enjoy this journey virtually with me. Sending you a big virtual hug 🤗
You’re very talented and I can definitely see you directing/producing Hollywood quality films. If you’re ever in Central Florida I’d love to meet you - maybe a home cook Cuban meal might entice you!!! lol May God continue blessing you always and listen to signs because you have your own personal angel in Heaven. 🙏
Maria, you couldn't have explained my feelings better. Stephanie you have a gift! Your documentary allowed us the viewer to be a witness of the love of your dad, your mom (silent in the background) and the family that God placed in your "buen camino." This is, like Maria said, by far the BEST Camino video I have seen. I felt your pain, your love, your tiredness, your heat, your laughter, your struggles but especially the moments of pure joy, wonder and awe. Thank you for bringing us along on your very personal Camino. Thank you for capturing what is the reason for the walk!
The only people I desire to be around are travelers. Travel, especially Camino, is the great equalizer. People just come back to themselves when they're away from the lives they don't like anyway. Every video I see of the Camino shows people being happy, real, dealing with whatever they came to deal with, struggling, smiling, growing, resetting. Thank you for all your hard work on this. No one knows how hard it is to put something like this together until they do it. You are awesome for sharing your life on the Camino with us. Thank you!
Ahhh that is so beautifully said and SO TRUE. The great equalizer 💖 Also thank you so much Jack!! It was over 6 months of agonizing over the edit every day---I truly almost gave up multiple times 😂 So I appreciate the kind words very much! Haha
I am a 59 year old man from Norway and I will say: Thank you for sharing. Thank you for sharing you. And thank you for sharing your dad. Somewhere in the film you said " I can do it, and I'm going to". That phrase I will take with me further in to my life, from you. Thanks, and best from Norway😊
Fabulous documentary! I actually started walking the same day that you did! I did not meet you but I recognized a number of people. You really captured the essence of the Camino and my favorite part was your friend at the end who said “I am perfect the way that I am”.
Ahhh no way! We must’ve crossed paths and not known it. Thank you so much for watching! I shared your comment with Josefien and it made her very very happy 🥲❤️
You did this very well. If you ever walk again, start from Le Puy en Velay. The first two weeks are magnificent. I walked 70 days from there 2022. My lesson learned is to be in the moment, as every one has something of beauty to appreciate. Buena Camino pilgrim. Keep inspiring.
30 seconds in and you have me crying. Thanks for being so open and vulnerable about your experiences on the Camino and beyond. Helps me to build on my own from some years ago. Looking forward to going back and to seeing more of your work! RIP to your dad - beautiful hommage
I just watched this whole video in awe. I’ve heard about the Camino walk but didn’t know very many details. Your video made me feel like I, also, was able to experience some of the magic of walking the way. I especially enjoyed when you spoke to the young man about his spiritual awakening & feeling God’s presence.
I finally got to sit down and watch this. Every video you do you pour your heart out and show your unvarnished self. With that openness you gathered an amazing group of friends around you along the way. As I said in another one of your videos I’m sure your dad is very proud of who you’ve become. When you hit upon the realization of that he meant when he said you have to be able to walk through fire I imagined him saying ‘Yes Mija!’ Un Abrazo from España.
Thank you so much for sharing your camino journey with us. Watching your video made me laugh and cry and i felt like i was with you. I walked the Northern way in April but had to cut the journey short because my partner was very unwell. My camino journey may have been cut short but that short journey gave me so much back than i anticipated. My desire to walk the full camino is still deep in my heart and watching your videos made my desire even stronger. Thank you again for sharing your journey and so sorry for your loss. Your father's phrase 'Learn to walk in the fire and not get burned' will stick to me as it resonated with me. Congratulations & Buen Camino Stefanie 🤍
Aw wow 🥹 Thank you so much for sharing this! I really think the Camino teaches us exactly what we need, just when we need it. And it will always be there for you when you’re ready to return ❤️ I hope you and your partner are doing well now. Thank you for being here. I too hope to do the Northern route some day very soon! 🤗✨
Stefanie, this is a beautiful tribute to your father. Pretty sure he is looking down on you and very, very proud of you and the young woman you have grown up to be. Thank you for sharing this and letting yourself be so vulnerable and open.
😭 Thank you so much Colm! This sentiment means a lot to me and always cuts deeper coming from another father. Just saw your channel, gonna go watch now! 🥳
What a man your father was. His wisdom resonates through you. He wanted to know if you knew "The Way" and how he wanted to do it. Not only did you know The Way, you knew the Camino twice. And it seems your father was with you on both journeys. Very touching to see your love for him with each step.
Yours was a beautiful , moving story. Fantastic photography. I’ll be 70 in January and your video has inspired me to finally go. Thank you for sharing!
My mother-in-law attempted Camino in 2016 from France and had to stop due to injury. She returned before Covid with her best friend and walked from Portugal to Santiago. I really appreciated this vid-journey as you captured much much more of the esprit and what the journey does and is supposed to do for you. I sent this to My mother in law and would love to hear her thoughts. She belongs to a community of Quebecois who have made the journey and gather a few times a year just to be in each other's company and rejoice in the experience. Thanks to you and this video, I get it, I get why she went. Thank you.
I watched this video for the second time today. What a wonderful video on your journey in honored of your father. I lost my father 9 years ago, my uncle who was my second dad 7 years and my only sibling, my brother 6 years ago. I have so much pain in my heart. My brother died 2 months short of his 50th birthday. I'm turning 50 next years. I'm planning to do the Camino in April of 2026 in honoring of my brother and to let go of all the pain and baggages on carrying. Thank you for your video.
Hi Shailee!! Thank you so much for sharing your story 💖 I want to give you a big long hug!! I hope you have a magical Camino in 2026. But know that Camino healing begins as soon as you decide to do it ✨
Stephanie, this is such a real and moving experience that you have shared with the world! I have had the Camino in my heart for a couple of year but never really. thinking of the possibility of doing it. Your movie has made me remember that life is one step at a time. I would love to do the Camino someday soon. Thank you for sharing yourself and the love for your father with us. The way you are is a testimony of what an extraordinary person he was. He lives on in you! Blessings to you and your mom.
This is the best Camino documental I've ever seen! I walked Frances in 2019 and so many times I saw those places on the film! So heart warming. And the way you see it is even more beautifull than I've seen in late autumn
Where do I start? First, Thank you Stefanie for sharing such a poignant and personal experience and story. Within the first ninety seconds I was hooked, inspired and crushed because,, you see, I am 62 years old and have been working for 33 years for the same company and I loved Emilio Estevez's The Way. So, as you can imagine I found all these similarities with your Dad, then you tell us that he's passed and I went from happy and inspired to feeling sad for our loss. You are an angel and I'm sure your Dad was (and still is) with you during your pilgrimage (s). Walking The Camino De Santiago it's been in my bucket list since I saw the movie and I've watched lots of videos about it, your documentary is unique IMOH because it's an honest narrative of not only your thoughts at every specific place you went through, but also the commentary of your fellow walkers. Even if I don't get to do The Camino, I'll be forever grateful that I watched yours in the entirety and I felt as if I was walking along with you and your group. God Bless you, your Dad and your family. Greeting from Texas!
You had me in the first five minutes at the footage of your father. I wept for him, for you, for all of us who have had the incredible blessing of a loving father. My father was my biggest fan and I miss him every day. Here is a thought for you, a spoken word piece I stumbled upon. Pardon me as I butcher the quote: "Love yourself as they loved you, to honor them.". That seems like an insurmountable task for me; I was so loved. Thank you for sharing your journey. Much love 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I plan to do this in 2027. Watching this has really confirmed my desire to walk it. At first I was not sure which part of it to do, and think I really now want to walk this same as you. I deeply appreciate this video and sorry for your loss of your dad.
I watched so many videos of the Camino but this is the one everyone should see!! Thank you Stefanie from the bottom of my heart! Your dad would be so proud of you, I bet he spiritually walked every step of the Camino by your side 💜💜💜 Hugs from Italy, Rita
I did only a portion of the Camino (first 300km) last year and was so moved by watching your video- so many vistas and similar experiences along the way- Thank You for sharing a very sacred part of you with the world!
Thank you Stefanie - your journey brought back so many lovely memories of places and the type of people you meet on the Camino. It was beautifully made and edited and a wonderful tribute to your Dad. He would be so proud ❤
Hey Camino Sister! I could not take my eyes off this. You nailed it! You were literally 2 weeks behind me. Great to see the same through different eyes, everything was so fresh and emotive. What a trip, you captured it beautifully - the food, the water, the weather, the food, the peeing, the alberges, the people. I felt every crunch of your steps - in sandals too - you rock! Free the toes. I wore Spanish Army desert boots the whole time and they were heavy. If I'd have known, I would have waited for you in Samos. So worth the detour. I rested up for two days there, when I rejoined the main camino, I stopped in a café. A german woman and an English bloke were dsicussing their 50k a day stategy. She read a text message from a friend who had taken a wrong turn and was in Samos, what a drag. I said it wasn't so bad, Samos. She shot me a look, as if to say "How dare you even talk to me!" and said she'd done Samos 4 years ago and didn't rate it. Oh well, to each their own Camino.🙂 Your story is so personal, yet at the same, universal. We walk alone but part of one big family. Thank you for sharing. It's 3:30 am here in Ireland, I'm beat but I had to thank you first, before I sleep. I will go back to Léon this September for a couple of weeks walking, see you along the way. Perhaps we'll meet in Hospital De Órbigo, when you open your alberge there. P.S. Did you see this Ozzy guy's film? ua-cam.com/video/4dqOI87nSU0/v-deo.html He carried 10 kgs of camera equipment with him. Totally nuts but I'm so glad he did. Again, a very real story. P.P.S. Did you notice many pelegrino dogs on the camino? I'm think of taking my dog for the short walk I'm planning for September. I remember an alberge in Cée, close to Fisterre, that allowed dogs in the actual dorm. Thanks again for a wonderfully honest and heartfelt film.
Dear Stefanie Thanks for sharing your experiences of Camino de Compostela....i came to know about this Camino from the book "The Pilgrimage" of Brazilian Author Paulo Coelho. I was q seminarian at that time back 2007. An now i am a missionary priest in Vietnam 🇻🇳 since 5 years ago. By the way i am an Indonesian 🇮🇩. A big hug 🫂 you in Jesus Christ Our Lord. And for the intercession of Saint James, God fill your life with many blessings. Our Blessed Virgin Mary accompany you in your life. I will pray for you and also for the eternal repose of your father....God bless 🙌 you 🙏 ❤
Thank you for making this documentary, best Camino film I have seen. I have had a few less than positive reactions to my going on the Camino and your film has made it something to look forward to. Today I booked my flights from Scotland and I am excited and really looking forward to the Camino, I won't watch anymore films this one was all I needed. Thank you. Cecile x
Dear Stefanie, thank you so much for sharing this experience with us/ me. While watching, i was curious, happy, sad, motivated to do it again too (i walked the camino 2010). You met such fantastic people. I felt it in every single picture, part of your camino-documentary. Thank you for your courage to share this personal view incl. all the achievements that come also through showing and sharing vulnerability . Susann from Leipzig/ Germany
@StefanieHurtado 3rd time i watched your second camino journey 🙂 I really love and appreciate how you open up about all your feelings and what's happening along the way. I also love the short "intervieuws" with your fellow pilgrims, touches my soul ♥ I agree that to walk the camino is the best gift you can give yourself. Love from Belgium ♥
A stunning little documentary that opens the heart, the world and a formidable friendship. I did the walk in my early 30s from the UK and loved it. God bless your father’s memory too.
thank you for this Documentary. my daughter talked about doing this and i never really knew about the Camino but after researching it something clicked and there is no doubt I HAVE TOO do this I hope her schedule works for us to do the whole Camino together but if not im sure we will meet somewhere on the route. thank you for sharing Stefanie and im sure your Dad is looking down on you with the biggest smile . God Bless
Stephanie! For whatever reason your video popped up and as we were watching it-we recognized people…you were walking the same time we were there. Jen, Sophia from the UK, Gitima, the two sisters with a friend, Dominik from Germany and Lelia from Germany. It was so fun to watch. Thanks for taking us back! It was our second time as well! ♥️♥️ Always in our heart!
Brilliant film Stephanie, brava! Made me so happy/happy sad to remind me of my own Camino journey back in March/April. Best advice to anyone thinking about it - just do it, and do it at your pace, it’s your Camino and we all find our way. Buen Camino a todos xx
Stephanie!!! I genuinely enjoyed watching and learning about your story!! It is inspiring and heartfelt!!! I commend you for going back multiple times to push yourself. You were always seeking and we're open to what is... and on the Camino you found truth and love. Creation. Friendship. Clarity. No distractions. I hope I get to connect and experience something like this in my lifetime. To take a moment to walk along side people.... nothing else matters but to enjoy the walk, adventure and everything in between the path and each other's presence....that is life. And I am so happy you got to share and remind us that the small things in life like walking and allowing things to happen invites maximum opportunities of joy.
So beautiful. What an amazing journey. I cried watching this video. Amazing tribute and honor. Many blessings to you always. I have always wanted to walk this walk, but I don't need to know why right now. I might find it at the end of my adventure.
Dear Stefanie, watching your wonderful path these words come in to my head: love is all around you, it's everywhere you go! ❤ (and with all that love is always your beloved dad, I'm sure! ❤) Thank you for sharing this all with us. 😊 Alex
Your Camino journey really touched me. I lost my dad almost 9 years ago and my only sibling, my brother 5 years ago. I felt so lost and alone after my brother died. I have been traveling the world to feed my souls but somehow the pain is still deep inside. I heard of the Camino de Santiago right after my dad died and have been wanting to do it. Need to put it down on the calendar. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.
Stefani, your film is so inspiring, beautiful and so touching... Such a beutiful tribut to your father … Thank you for sharing …Camino de Santiago is now on my bucket list
Thank you so much for sharing your Camino! It makes me revisit my own experience walking it and helps me to remember the important lessons i`ve learned. ❤
Today I watched your video and had tears in my eyes. My dad passed away in December of 2022. I am doing the walk for him with the my college graduated daughter. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Hello Stefanie, just happened to see your Camino Frances video. So touching! Beautiful pictures and monologues. I wish to have seen your video before my Camino Frances last May. You have inspired me to do the second time and I’ll. Please stay healthy and share with us more video on your travel🙏
I watched your awesome video in February. I enjoyed it so much I decided to also walk the French Camino. I leave Durban, S Africa tomorrow and will start in St Jean on Thursday 25th April, I intend to walk all the way carrying my backpack of 5kg. I will finish at Finisterre 6 weeks later. Thank you for inspiring me to do this epic trip, Stefani! (I also loved your other life in NY videos!)
I was checking on some Camino videos because I want to do it someone day and I happened to stumble on your beautiful and very touching video. So much detailed information. Thank you for sharing and so sorry for your loss.
I'm so happy I found your video! Thank you for this. My mom died last year and it's been hard for me. I'm hoping to move back to Madrid next year to teach English. Now I'm inspired to walk the camino again! I walked it years ago from Avilés to Santiago and it was an amazing experience.
Just started watching and just 1min in, I already got punched in the gut. So sorry to hear about the passing of your father. Editing this film must have been brutally hard. Thanks for sharing this journey. 🙏
Beautiful way to honor your dad in such a personal way. Thanks for sharing your journey and yourself with us. I have not yet done my Camino but am planning. Your film is inspirational.
Wonderful video...seeing all the wonderful places I walked by is so wonderful. Thank you. I am coming up on my 10th anniversary of walking from SJPP ( Sept 2013) to Santiago, bussed to Muxia. I carried my brother's ashes and I put them two different places. One same as you. I walked alone but never was alone, as you know. I have always said it was the second most wonderful thing I have done besides having my sons. I walked with MS to prove things to myself. I look back at my strength and pull from it to carry me further with CLL now. I am fine and I keep it moving. I was so blessed to be able to do this journey. And I am so proud. Buen Camino x
maybe i wasn't there to actually walk The Camino. thank you for posting this video, and im glad i could come on this journey with you. best Camino video so far. I wanna take my dog sometime in the next couple of years.
Hi Stefanie, thanks for this great video 😍 I'm just back from my Camino and I'm so much in love with "The Way". We went further to Finisterre and Muxia which was like the ice on the cake It really is a life-changing experience and I will surely do it again
So beautiful, so moving and grounding, what a wonderfully down to earth sincere point of view of your moving journey, Thank you for sharing this. You are an inspiration.
I really enjoyed watching your adventure. Walking has something therapeutic, and the people you meet along the way make it so special. I can't wait to do the camino myself. Thanks for sharing so much about yourself, your are an amazing person!
What a beautiful journey. My wife and I are planning our first Camino in September of this year and I stumbled on this video. Your Camino was very inspiring to us and I’ll be honest I was a little sad when it ended. I look forward to more of your videos but if I could make one suggestion, maybe consider not swearing so much? Your story is too beautiful for that. I think you definitely learned how to walk through fire without getting burned. Thank you for sharing.
thank you for this wonderful video, I found it randomly exactly on the day that I arrived in Spain to start my camino, coincidence or the magic of the camino that still follows me? who knows. thank you for making me feel the camino again. Buen camino!
Thank you sooooo much for sharing such wonderful, awesome experience! At my age, Im no sure I will ever be able to do the Camino....Your documentary has brought me so close to it! Im not one to seat through a movie or long film, jet it was so easy to seat and enjoy it through your young sweet sprit and fresh eyes! THANK YOU!
Such a beautiful piece of work. I cannsee how inspiring the experince can be. Do you keep in touch with the people you met? These friendships are true treasures
Thank you! Yes, I do keep in touch with everyone 🥰 3 of the girls I met have already been to NYC to visit me 🤗 very very grateful for these friendships ✨
I came here from the Emilio Esteves interview at the re-release of The Way and your comment about your Dad passing before he could fulfill his dream. I am now watching your Camino here in the meantime, sending you hugs & love 💖🙏💖🙏
Hi Stefanie, loved following your story and i am sorry you had to go through what you went through,. Next spring, march 16 '24 i'm going on my first cazmino with a similar reason in mind...my father in law who was my best friend past away 2 years ago because of covid. We were talking about doing the camino for years but he didn't get to do it. Next year i will be starting from my home town, at his house, were my mother in laws is living. I live in Ostend, Belgium so i will be walking somewhere between 3 to 4 months. Take care, love 🥰
That’s amazing! I actually met quite a few people who walked all the way from other countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Italy), so I’m sure you will be in good company! Buen Camino ✨
Hi Stephanie. I really liked your dad. If we would have met on the camino, we would be life long friends. You were blessed with a good father. I feel your pain and loss. Your dad lives on in your heart and soul.
Hi Stephanie, Thank you for sharing your personal journey on the Camino. We really enjoyed it & it was well done! Congrats. I really didnt think I would actually watch it(I came upon your vlog actually by chance) because I saw it was +2hrs long. However, it was very interesting for us. We had done the Camino de Santiago in 2016 & it has also been one of our most memorable "vacations"! Again, thanx for the memories.....we are planning to do it again in the near future. Your Dad would be very proud of you & Im sure he was with you in spirit all "the way" Great vlog...thanx Glenn & Johanne. 😊
A lovely video, thanks for sharing. I finished the same route 2 weeks ago and it’s inspiring that you went back and did it all again as everyday I’m wondering if i would! I had lost my dad 5 week’s before I did the Frances I I connected a lot with your reasons and how the walk brings things out and then feels like a celebration of life.
Aw wow, I’m so sorry for your loss. I think the Camino was the best thing you could’ve done for yourself in this time. After my first Camino I swore I would never do it again lol! Give yourself some time to process and maybe you will feel the pull again too. Congrats on finishing! 💙
Ahhh thank you again to everyone who has watched my story, taken the time to leave such thoughtful comments, and for sharing your stories! This means the world to me ❤ I've created a Patreon with behind the scenes from this trip, as well as an 8 hour rough cut of this documentary (ad-free) if anyone's interested! www.patreon.com/stefaniehurtado. You can also now watch my most recent Camino Portugues with my momma 🥲
I am 37 years old, I am from Ponferrada, I have seen pilgrims passing through my city all my life and I have never had the desire to walk el camino... until this video. fuck! It has been incredible, I think I'm going to dare to do it! Thank you Stef.
Stephanie, I'm so pleased I found your video today. I walked the Camino in 2019 aged 68, I was meant to go again in 2020 but the world changed for everyone. Now aged 72 I thought I was too old to go again and follow my dream of walking to the end of the earth (I caught the bus at the end of my last Camino) but now I'm planning on going in 2024. So thank you for sharing your Camino, like you, I will be walking for my parents who both passed since my last Camino. ❤👣👣
I’m going on 74- and I am hoping to walk the Camino! With younger friends whom I mentor. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️
I’m doing my 8th Camino starting May next year (2024) , I’ll be 71
@@rubenmontero4813 These comments just made my day!! You all are so inspiring 💖 Best of luck to you on your upcoming Caminos!! 🥳
@@rubenmontero4813 Buen camino.
One of the best 2 hours, I've ever spend on UA-cam. Thank you for sharing those wonderful moments 🙏🏻
🥲wow 🙏🏼 thanks for watching! 💖
I have watched many Camino vlogs and have followed peregrinos on different routes. I can say hands down that yours is the absolute best I’ve seen. The homage you paid to your dad is a testament of the wonderful man he must’ve been. Congratulations for every mile, every tear, all the friends/family you made along the Camino, but most importantly congratulations on finding yourself. I’m in awe of the raw beauty you presented. I will never be able to walk the Camino because of health reasons but I gladly strapped on my virtual backpack to follow you. I’m still wiping tears away. Buen Camino Stephanie from Orlando, Florida.
😭 wow. Can’t even tell you how much this comment means to me. Thank you so so much ❤️ I’m so glad you could enjoy this journey virtually with me. Sending you a big virtual hug 🤗
Also hiii Orlando! 🤗 I grew up in Deland!! 🥰
You’re very talented and I can definitely see you directing/producing Hollywood quality films. If you’re ever in Central Florida I’d love to meet you - maybe a home cook Cuban meal might entice you!!! lol May God continue blessing you always and listen to signs because you have your own personal angel in Heaven. 🙏
What a great film. Thank you.very emotional and very inspiring.🙏
Maria, you couldn't have explained my feelings better. Stephanie you have a gift! Your documentary allowed us the viewer to be a witness of the love of your dad, your mom (silent in the background) and the family that God placed in your "buen camino." This is, like Maria said, by far the BEST Camino video I have seen. I felt your pain, your love, your tiredness, your heat, your laughter, your struggles but especially the moments of pure joy, wonder and awe. Thank you for bringing us along on your very personal Camino. Thank you for capturing what is the reason for the walk!
The only people I desire to be around are travelers. Travel, especially Camino, is the great equalizer. People just come back to themselves when they're away from the lives they don't like anyway. Every video I see of the Camino shows people being happy, real, dealing with whatever they came to deal with, struggling, smiling, growing, resetting. Thank you for all your hard work on this. No one knows how hard it is to put something like this together until they do it. You are awesome for sharing your life on the Camino with us. Thank you!
Ahhh that is so beautifully said and SO TRUE. The great equalizer 💖
Also thank you so much Jack!! It was over 6 months of agonizing over the edit every day---I truly almost gave up multiple times 😂 So I appreciate the kind words very much! Haha
I am a 59 year old man from Norway and I will say:
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing you.
And thank you for sharing your dad.
Somewhere in the film you said " I can do it, and I'm going to".
That phrase I will take with me further in to my life, from you. Thanks, and best from Norway😊
Fabulous documentary! I actually started walking the same day that you did! I did not meet you but I recognized a number of people. You really captured the essence of the Camino and my favorite part was your friend at the end who said “I am perfect the way that I am”.
Ahhh no way! We must’ve crossed paths and not known it. Thank you so much for watching! I shared your comment with Josefien and it made her very very happy 🥲❤️
You did this very well. If you ever walk again, start from Le Puy en Velay. The first two weeks are magnificent. I walked 70 days from there 2022. My lesson learned is to be in the moment, as every one has something of beauty to appreciate. Buena Camino pilgrim. Keep inspiring.
Wow, 70 days Journey. I have heard of a 30 hike. I am not sure I can do 70 days, unless I was extremely fit and younger.
30 seconds in and you have me crying. Thanks for being so open and vulnerable about your experiences on the Camino and beyond. Helps me to build on my own from some years ago. Looking forward to going back and to seeing more of your work! RIP to your dad - beautiful hommage
Thank you so much Benedikt 🥹 I can’t wait to go back too ❤
I just watched this whole video in awe. I’ve heard about the Camino walk but didn’t know very many details. Your video made me feel like I, also, was able to experience some of the magic of walking the way. I especially enjoyed when you spoke to the young man about his spiritual awakening & feeling God’s presence.
Thank you Donna! That was one of my favorite moments too ❤ David taught me a lot
I finally got to sit down and watch this. Every video you do you pour your heart out and show your unvarnished self. With that openness you gathered an amazing group of friends around you along the way. As I said in another one of your videos I’m sure your dad is very proud of who you’ve become. When you hit upon the realization of that he meant when he said you have to be able to walk through fire I imagined him saying ‘Yes Mija!’ Un Abrazo from España.
This comment 😭 thank you so much!!!
"Walk through fire and don't get burned". This will stay with me for a while...
Yes your dad was definitely something
And you are something!
@@shapeoftimes ❤🤗
@@TheWolfalpino Thank you so much! ❤
Thank you for doing this. I completed Camino Frances a little over 3 weeks ago. Thank you for bringing me back to the places that I miss so much…
I imagine if you did it in 3 weeks, what route did you take and where did you start from?
@@Emy53 I meant I completed it 3 weeks ago, I didn’t complete it in 3 weeks 😅
Thank you so much for sharing your camino journey with us. Watching your video made me laugh and cry and i felt like i was with you. I walked the Northern way in April but had to cut the journey short because my partner was very unwell. My camino journey may have been cut short but that short journey gave me so much back than i anticipated. My desire to walk the full camino is still deep in my heart and watching your videos made my desire even stronger. Thank you again for sharing your journey and so sorry for your loss. Your father's phrase 'Learn to walk in the fire and not get burned' will stick to me as it resonated with me. Congratulations & Buen Camino Stefanie 🤍
Aw wow 🥹 Thank you so much for sharing this! I really think the Camino teaches us exactly what we need, just when we need it. And it will always be there for you when you’re ready to return ❤️ I hope you and your partner are doing well now. Thank you for being here. I too hope to do the Northern route some day very soon! 🤗✨
Stefanie, this is a beautiful tribute to your father. Pretty sure he is looking down on you and very, very proud of you and the young woman you have grown up to be. Thank you for sharing this and letting yourself be so vulnerable and open.
😭 Thank you so much Colm! This sentiment means a lot to me and always cuts deeper coming from another father. Just saw your channel, gonna go watch now! 🥳
What a man your father was. His wisdom resonates through you. He wanted to know if you knew "The Way" and how he wanted to do it. Not only did you know The Way, you knew the Camino twice. And it seems your father was with you on both journeys. Very touching to see your love for him with each step.
❤ thank you!
Yours was a beautiful , moving story. Fantastic photography. I’ll be 70 in January and your video has inspired me to finally go. Thank you for sharing!
I wish I had done this several years ago. I admire and respect everyone that has taken this beautiful journey and adventure. Many blessings.
My mother-in-law attempted Camino in 2016 from France and had to stop due to injury. She returned before Covid with her best friend and walked from Portugal to Santiago. I really appreciated this vid-journey as you captured much much more of the esprit and what the journey does and is supposed to do for you. I sent this to My mother in law and would love to hear her thoughts. She belongs to a community of Quebecois who have made the journey and gather a few times a year just to be in each other's company and rejoice in the experience. Thanks to you and this video, I get it, I get why she went. Thank you.
I’m not even two mins in and I’ve already have tears in my eyes 🥺
I watched this video for the second time today. What a wonderful video on your journey in honored of your father. I lost my father 9 years ago, my uncle who was my second dad 7 years and my only sibling, my brother 6 years ago. I have so much pain in my heart. My brother died 2 months short of his 50th birthday. I'm turning 50 next years. I'm planning to do the Camino in April of 2026 in honoring of my brother and to let go of all the pain and baggages on carrying. Thank you for your video.
Hi Shailee!! Thank you so much for sharing your story 💖 I want to give you a big long hug!! I hope you have a magical Camino in 2026. But know that Camino healing begins as soon as you decide to do it ✨
Stephanie, this is such a real and moving experience that you have shared with the world! I have had the Camino in my heart for a couple of year but never really. thinking of the possibility of doing it. Your movie has made me remember that life is one step at a time. I would love to do the Camino someday soon. Thank you for sharing yourself and the love for your father with us. The way you are is a testimony of what an extraordinary person he was. He lives on in you! Blessings to you and your mom.
This is so sweet, thank you!!! I hope you get to have your Camino soon ❤
This is the best Camino documental I've ever seen! I walked Frances in 2019 and so many times I saw those places on the film! So heart warming. And the way you see it is even more beautifull than I've seen in late autumn
Where do I start? First, Thank you Stefanie for sharing such a poignant and personal experience and story. Within the first ninety seconds I was hooked, inspired and crushed because,, you see, I am 62 years old and have been working for 33 years for the same company and I loved Emilio Estevez's The Way. So, as you can imagine I found all these similarities with your Dad, then you tell us that he's passed and I went from happy and inspired to feeling sad for our loss. You are an angel and I'm sure your Dad was (and still is) with you during your pilgrimage (s). Walking The Camino De Santiago it's been in my bucket list since I saw the movie and I've watched lots of videos about it, your documentary is unique IMOH because it's an honest narrative of not only your thoughts at every specific place you went through, but also the commentary of your fellow walkers. Even if I don't get to do The Camino, I'll be forever grateful that I watched yours in the entirety and I felt as if I was walking along with you and your group. God Bless you, your Dad and your family. Greeting from Texas!
Thank you so much for this! ❤
You had me in the first five minutes at the footage of your father. I wept for him, for you, for all of us who have had the incredible blessing of a loving father. My father was my biggest fan and I miss him every day. Here is a thought for you, a spoken word piece I stumbled upon. Pardon me as I butcher the quote: "Love yourself as they loved you, to honor them.". That seems like an insurmountable task for me; I was so loved. Thank you for sharing your journey. Much love 🙏
Truly, one of the most beautiful documentaries I have ever seen on UA-cam....just amazing and very inspiring!!
🥲🥲 thank you so much Thomas!
Stumbled upon this and ended up watching the full two hour video, so raw and beautiful. Thankyou for sharing your authentic self. Buen Camino
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I plan to do this in 2027. Watching this has really confirmed my desire to walk it. At first I was not sure which part of it to do, and think I really now want to walk this same as you. I deeply appreciate this video and sorry for your loss of your dad.
I watched so many videos of the Camino but this is the one everyone should see!! Thank you Stefanie from the bottom of my heart! Your dad would be so proud of you, I bet he spiritually walked every step of the Camino by your side 💜💜💜 Hugs from Italy, Rita
Thank you so much Rita ❤️✨
I did only a portion of the Camino (first 300km) last year and was so moved by watching your video- so many vistas and similar experiences along the way- Thank You for sharing a very sacred part of you with the world!
😂😂😂😂😂😂I´m just crying, thanks a lot for this video, with love!!
Awww hahah sorry about that! Thanks for watching Juan! 🤗💖
Thank you Stefanie - your journey brought back so many lovely memories of places and the type of people you meet on the Camino. It was beautifully made and edited and a wonderful tribute to your Dad. He would be so proud ❤
Hey Camino Sister! I could not take my eyes off this. You nailed it! You were literally 2 weeks behind me. Great to see the same through different eyes, everything was so fresh and emotive. What a trip, you captured it beautifully - the food, the water, the weather, the food, the peeing, the alberges, the people. I felt every crunch of your steps - in sandals too - you rock! Free the toes. I wore Spanish Army desert boots the whole time and they were heavy.
If I'd have known, I would have waited for you in Samos. So worth the detour. I rested up for two days there, when I rejoined the main camino, I stopped in a café. A german woman and an English bloke were dsicussing their 50k a day stategy. She read a text message from a friend who had taken a wrong turn and was in Samos, what a drag. I said it wasn't so bad, Samos. She shot me a look, as if to say "How dare you even talk to me!" and said she'd done Samos 4 years ago and didn't rate it. Oh well, to each their own Camino.🙂
Your story is so personal, yet at the same, universal. We walk alone but part of one big family. Thank you for sharing.
It's 3:30 am here in Ireland, I'm beat but I had to thank you first, before I sleep. I will go back to Léon this September for a couple of weeks walking, see you along the way. Perhaps we'll meet in Hospital De Órbigo, when you open your alberge there.
P.S. Did you see this Ozzy guy's film? ua-cam.com/video/4dqOI87nSU0/v-deo.html He carried 10 kgs of camera equipment with him. Totally nuts but I'm so glad he did. Again, a very real story.
P.P.S. Did you notice many pelegrino dogs on the camino? I'm think of taking my dog for the short walk I'm planning for September. I remember an alberge in Cée, close to Fisterre, that allowed dogs in the actual dorm. Thanks again for a wonderfully honest and heartfelt film.
This his the best UA-cam video of Camino de Santiago I have seen to date December 25 2023! Thanks for the work!
Dear Stefanie Thanks for sharing your experiences of Camino de Compostela....i came to know about this Camino from the book "The Pilgrimage" of Brazilian Author Paulo Coelho. I was q seminarian at that time back 2007. An now i am a missionary priest in Vietnam 🇻🇳 since 5 years ago. By the way i am an Indonesian 🇮🇩. A big hug 🫂 you in Jesus Christ Our Lord. And for the intercession of Saint James, God fill your life with many blessings. Our Blessed Virgin Mary accompany you in your life. I will pray for you and also for the eternal repose of your father....God bless 🙌 you 🙏 ❤
Thank you! ❤
Thank you for making this documentary, best Camino film I have seen. I have had a few less than positive reactions to my going on the Camino and your film has made it something to look forward to. Today I booked my flights from Scotland and I am excited and really looking forward to the Camino, I won't watch anymore films this one was all I needed. Thank you. Cecile x
Este documental tuyo sobre el Camino de Santiago ha sido de los más entrañables y bonitos que he visto. Un abrazo, desde España.
Ahhh mil graciasss! Abrazos ❤
Dear Stefanie, thank you so much for sharing this experience with us/ me. While watching, i was curious, happy, sad, motivated to do it again too (i walked the camino 2010). You met such fantastic people. I felt it in every single picture, part of your camino-documentary. Thank you for your courage to share this personal view incl. all the achievements that come also through showing and sharing vulnerability . Susann from Leipzig/ Germany
@StefanieHurtado 3rd time i watched your second camino journey 🙂
I really love and appreciate how you open up about all your feelings and what's happening along the way.
I also love the short "intervieuws" with your fellow pilgrims, touches my soul ♥
I agree that to walk the camino is the best gift you can give yourself.
Love from Belgium ♥
Aw wow! Thank you so much Nancy 💖
A stunning little documentary that opens the heart, the world and a formidable friendship. I did the walk in my early 30s from the UK and loved it. God bless your father’s memory too.
thank you for this Documentary. my daughter talked about doing this and i never really knew about the Camino but after researching it something clicked and there is no doubt I HAVE TOO do this I hope her schedule works for us to do the whole Camino together but if not im sure we will meet somewhere on the route. thank you for sharing Stefanie and im sure your Dad is looking down on you with the biggest smile . God Bless
Stephanie! For whatever reason your video popped up and as we were watching it-we recognized people…you were walking the same time we were there. Jen, Sophia from the UK, Gitima, the two sisters with a friend, Dominik from Germany and Lelia from Germany. It was so fun to watch. Thanks for taking us back! It was our second time as well! ♥️♥️ Always in our heart!
Oh my goodness! That’s so great! All such wonderful people ❤️
Brilliant film Stephanie, brava! Made me so happy/happy sad to remind me of my own Camino journey back in March/April. Best advice to anyone thinking about it - just do it, and do it at your pace, it’s your Camino and we all find our way. Buen Camino a todos xx
Well said, thanks Paddy! 🤗
Stephanie!!! I genuinely enjoyed watching and learning about your story!! It is inspiring and heartfelt!!! I commend you for going back multiple times to push yourself. You were always seeking and we're open to what is... and on the Camino you found truth and love. Creation. Friendship. Clarity. No distractions. I hope I get to connect and experience something like this in my lifetime. To take a moment to walk along side people.... nothing else matters but to enjoy the walk, adventure and everything in between the path and each other's presence....that is life. And I am so happy you got to share and remind us that the small things in life like walking and allowing things to happen invites maximum opportunities of joy.
So beautiful. What an amazing journey. I cried watching this video. Amazing tribute and honor. Many blessings to you always. I have always wanted to walk this walk, but I don't need to know why right now. I might find it at the end of my adventure.
I don't know how to explain how much I enjoyed this. ❤
Dear Stefanie, watching your wonderful path these words come in to my head: love is all around you, it's everywhere you go! ❤ (and with all that love is always your beloved dad, I'm sure! ❤)
Thank you for sharing this all with us. 😊 Alex
Your Camino journey really touched me. I lost my dad almost 9 years ago and my only sibling, my brother 5 years ago. I felt so lost and alone after my brother died. I have been traveling the world to feed my souls but somehow the pain is still deep inside. I heard of the Camino de Santiago right after my dad died and have been wanting to do it. Need to put it down on the calendar. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.
Stefani, your film is so inspiring, beautiful and so touching... Such a beutiful tribut to your father … Thank you for sharing …Camino de Santiago is now on my bucket list
Thank you so much for sharing your Camino! It makes me revisit my own experience walking it and helps me to remember the important lessons i`ve learned. ❤
Today I watched your video and had tears in my eyes. My dad passed away in December of 2022. I am doing the walk for him with the my college graduated daughter. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you so much Stefanie. I loved walking the Camino with you.
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Hello Stefanie, just happened to see your Camino Frances video. So touching! Beautiful pictures and monologues. I wish to have seen your video before my Camino Frances last May. You have inspired me to do the second time and I’ll. Please stay healthy and share with us more video on your travel🙏
Aw thank you so much! Congratulations on your Camino ❤️ More videos on my travels coming very soon 🤗✨
Beautiful footage, Stefanie, and such a touching tribute to your dad. You really bring the Camino to life!🙏
She sure did honour her father with this amazing adventure.
I watched your awesome video in February. I enjoyed it so much I decided to also walk the French Camino. I leave Durban, S Africa tomorrow and will start in St Jean on Thursday 25th April, I intend to walk all the way carrying my backpack of 5kg. I will finish at Finisterre 6 weeks later. Thank you for inspiring me to do this epic trip, Stefani! (I also loved your other life in NY videos!)
I was checking on some Camino videos because I want to do it someone day and I happened to stumble on your beautiful and very touching video. So much detailed information. Thank you for sharing and so sorry for your loss.
I'm so happy I found your video! Thank you for this. My mom died last year and it's been hard for me. I'm hoping to move back to Madrid next year to teach English. Now I'm inspired to walk the camino again! I walked it years ago from Avilés to Santiago and it was an amazing experience.
God bless you, Stefanie. Powerful video. We don't know each other, but I am proud of you and praying for you!
Just started watching and just 1min in, I already got punched in the gut. So sorry to hear about the passing of your father. Editing this film must have been brutally hard. Thanks for sharing this journey. 🙏
That's very thoughtful, thank you Danny. It was muchhh harder to edit than I anticipated lol. Thanks for being so sweet!
Beautiful way to honor your dad in such a personal way. Thanks for sharing your journey and yourself with us. I have not yet done my Camino but am planning. Your film is inspirational.
This is a fantastic video. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Thank you for watching Stacy! 💖
Great proof that God is with us every moment of our lifes! Great journey!
Wonderful video...seeing all the wonderful places I walked by is so wonderful. Thank you. I am coming up on my 10th anniversary of walking from SJPP ( Sept 2013) to Santiago, bussed to Muxia. I carried my brother's ashes and I put them two different places. One same as you. I walked alone but never was alone, as you know. I have always said it was the second most wonderful thing I have done besides having my sons. I walked with MS to prove things to myself. I look back at my strength and pull from it to carry me further with CLL now. I am fine and I keep it moving. I was so blessed to be able to do this journey. And I am so proud. Buen Camino x
Wow, I love this so much. Thank you for sharing ❤️ You are so brave, and very inspiring!
maybe i wasn't there to actually walk The Camino. thank you for posting this video, and im glad i could come on this journey with you. best Camino video so far. I wanna take my dog sometime in the next couple of years.
What an amazing experience! Watched the whole documentary….it was beautiful! T😊hank you again!
Beautifully edited. Congratulations. What a wonderful experience.
Thank you so much Mariana! 💖
Hi Stefanie,
thanks for this great video 😍
I'm just back from my Camino and I'm so much in love with "The Way". We went further to Finisterre and Muxia which was like the ice on the cake
It really is a life-changing experience and I will surely do it again
Congrats on your Camino 👏🏼💙✨
Gosh I’m so so happy I found you. I’m retiring in June and plan to do the Appalachian Trail. Then the Camino.
You are so beautiful! And your dad was a very charmimg guy. Amazing video. Thank you! ❤️
Aw thank you so much! He was the most charming ever. Thanks for watching :)
This was so beautiful! I am walking the Camino in August, thank you for sharing your incredible experience. God bless you!
Aw, thank you! 🤗 Hope you have a great Camino ❤️✨
So beautiful, so moving and grounding, what a wonderfully down to earth sincere point of view of your moving journey, Thank you for sharing this. You are an inspiration.
Thank you so much Sandi ❤️
This was such a beautiful documentary of your journey.
Thanks Jessica! 💖
Wow, your documentary is fantastic. I am just back from the Camino Portuguese and I want to go back to the Frances one. I loved your video. Bravo !
All 4 One...I Swear. I really enjoyed your video. I hope someday to hike the Camino.
Just beautiful. You are so strong. Your Dad will have been with you each step of the way. X
This was beautiful. Thank you for sharing your heart. Hoping to do the Camino soon
I really enjoyed watching your adventure.
Walking has something therapeutic, and the people you meet along the way make it so special.
I can't wait to do the camino myself.
Thanks for sharing so much about yourself, your are an amazing person!
What a beautiful journey. My wife and I are planning our first Camino in September of this year and I stumbled on this video.
Your Camino was very inspiring to us and I’ll be honest I was a little sad when it ended. I look forward to more of your videos but if I could make one suggestion, maybe consider not swearing so much? Your story is too beautiful for that.
I think you definitely learned how to walk through fire without getting burned.
Thank you for sharing.
thank you for this wonderful video, I found it randomly exactly on the day that I arrived in Spain to start my camino, coincidence or the magic of the camino that still follows me? who knows.
thank you for making me feel the camino again.
Buen camino!
✨the magic of the Camino✨😉 Buen Camino!
Your dad was very blessed to have you. He is ok and so are you. You honored him well!
Thank you sooooo much for sharing such wonderful, awesome experience! At my age, Im no sure I will ever be able to do the Camino....Your documentary has brought me so close to it! Im not one to seat through a movie or long film, jet it was so easy to seat and enjoy it through your young sweet sprit and fresh eyes! THANK YOU!
We leave to begin our Camino in SJPDP in less than two weeks. Your documentary is wonderful and inspiring!
Aw thank you so much Jane!! I hope you have a wonderful Camino! 💖
Wow Stefanie, this is so beautiful! thank you so much for sharing your journey! wishing you all the best :)
Thank you so much!
It’s there in my bucket list
Te quiero decir that you are a wonderful daughter and your father is very proud of you. Que Dios te bendiga.
Such a beautiful piece of work. I cannsee how inspiring the experince can be. Do you keep in touch with the people you met? These friendships are true treasures
Thank you! Yes, I do keep in touch with everyone 🥰 3 of the girls I met have already been to NYC to visit me 🤗 very very grateful for these friendships ✨
Just wanted to look for a few seconds and ended up getting drawn in for the whole thing 🤙
Ahhh this is so crazy and nice to hear 🥺🥰 thanks for watching Jose! 💖
Such a beautiful and inspiring journey. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Alex! 🤗
I absolutely loved your beautiful and touching documentary! It is the best documentary I have seen thus far. Thank you for sharing ❤️
🥲🙏🏼 thank you so much!
I came here from the Emilio Esteves interview at the re-release of The Way and your comment about your Dad passing before he could fulfill his dream. I am now watching your Camino here in the meantime, sending you hugs & love 💖🙏💖🙏
Ahhh wow, thanks for being here 💖💖💖
Thank you. I walked my Camino in 2019. I enjoyed your film.
Thanks for watching Simon! 🤗
Wow!!! Thank you for this gift. What a beautiful story of life. So many lessons. Peace to you.
Your post touches my heart! I'm doing my Camino in April
Buen Camino! ✨
Beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing your journey and the people along with it!
Hi Stefanie, loved following your story and i am sorry you had to go through what you went through,.
Next spring, march 16 '24 i'm going on my first cazmino with a similar reason in mind...my father in law who was my best friend past away 2 years ago because of covid. We were talking about doing the camino for years but he didn't get to do it. Next year i will be starting from my home town, at his house, were my mother in laws is living. I live in Ostend, Belgium so i will be walking somewhere between 3 to 4 months.
Take care, love 🥰
That’s amazing! I actually met quite a few people who walked all the way from other countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Italy), so I’m sure you will be in good company! Buen Camino ✨
Hi Stephanie. I really liked your dad. If we would have met on the camino, we would be life long friends. You were blessed with a good father. I feel your pain and loss. Your dad lives on in your heart and soul.
Great memories. I forgot how lovely… and hard, it was. Thank you for sharing
Hi Stephanie,
Thank you for sharing your personal journey on the Camino. We really enjoyed it & it was well done! Congrats. I really didnt think I would actually watch it(I came upon your vlog actually by chance) because I saw it was +2hrs long. However, it was very interesting for us. We had done the Camino de Santiago in 2016 & it has also been one of our most memorable "vacations"! Again, thanx for the memories.....we are planning to do it again in the near future. Your Dad would be very proud of you & Im sure he was with you in spirit all "the way"
Great vlog...thanx
Glenn & Johanne. 😊
Thank you for sharing, i hope to be able to do what you did. Tried the last 100km and it was life changing! Buen Camino!
A lovely video, thanks for sharing. I finished the same route 2 weeks ago and it’s inspiring that you went back and did it all again as everyday I’m wondering if i would! I had lost my dad 5 week’s before I did the Frances I I connected a lot with your reasons and how the walk brings things out and then feels like a celebration of life.
Aw wow, I’m so sorry for your loss. I think the Camino was the best thing you could’ve done for yourself in this time. After my first Camino I swore I would never do it again lol! Give yourself some time to process and maybe you will feel the pull again too. Congrats on finishing! 💙