Winding through the Spanish countryside, with a seashell on a string bouncing on our backpack, we by reflex say a friendly “Buen Camino” to a passing hiker. Making a quick stop at a local’s fruit stand, we grab a basket of strawberries for a euro. We can feel the history of the footprints we follow and the nature that fully captures the imagination – this is the Camino de Santiago. Hiking the Camino is an explorer’s dream and tops many hiker’s bucket list treks. This same path has been traversed for centuries and was initially established as a pilgrimage for…