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The biggest single room in America is
fi lled with airplanes. The biggest one in
Europe (in Holland) is fi lled with fl owers.
The English have an impressive ability to
lie on beaches and pretend it's sunny.
This woman just hiked all the way from
Paris to the northwest corner of Spain, San-
tiago de Compostela. For a thousand years,
pilgrims have made this trek for reasons I
don't understand. I'll never forget seeing
the jubilation on the faces as triumphant
trekkers of all ages and languages—
walking sticks frayed, pant-legs fringed,
faces sunburned—paused to savor the
sweet moment when they fi nally reached
their goal. I'm not sure why this moved
me so. Perhaps it's the timeless power of
individual faith. Maybe it's heritage and
tradition. Or it might be the notion that
people would abandon everything and
move mountains for treasured feelings and
beliefs that never even occurred to me.
Regardless of your journey, you can put a little pilgrim in your travels and fi nd your own
personal jubilation.
