Where would you go?
Assisi. We have been several times before and it has always been a very special place for us. As my wife and I turned 50, we wanted to do a special visit and walk there. But then Covid stopped that. Once the world gets back to normal, we will be on our way.
Would you make any special stops?
The wonderful thing about pilgrimage is that the journey is a “stop” in itself – a break from the normal pace of life, the daily chores and the usual routine. I don’t mind stopping or diverting, of course, along the way to see things; but for me the whole focus of pilgrimage is the focus on the end. I’m not sure diversions and stops mean too much when one is doing a pilgrimage. Funnily enough, I can remember very little about the journeys we’ve made to Fátima, Santiago, Međugorje and elsewhere: but hugely vivid memories of the places themselves.
