Walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

We just saw the film The Way ( and can't wait to watch it again). We hope to add this to our travel plans for 2013. It will be a walking journey for us, approximately 500 miles starting at St. Jean Pied de Port in France and finishing in Santiago de Compstella, Spain. This is known as the Way of St. James pilgrimage route. We are very excited. Of course this will not be in our beloved DAF but that is ok- variety is the spice of life, right? Learning about other cultures and meeting people who have traveled this route from all over the world will make it a truely meaningful experience for us both. Now it's time to do our homework and learn as much as we can about this route and its history, the people, the art, the cathedrals, and the countryside that we will be passing through. We look forward to getting educated before we go.