What is on your bucket list?

I often ask people what’s on their travel bucket list. Some name places they would love to see someday. Others describe something more specific: an extraordinary, perhaps a little intimidating, and deeply personal experience.

I’m always interested in the difference. There are places we want to visit because they look beautiful. Then there are journeys we keep thinking about because of what they might ask of us.

When we began putting together our Camino journey, I recognized both. Here was an opportunity to experience remarkable places while taking on a challenge that could make the journey especially meaningful.

When a Destination Becomes a Challenge

Walking approximately 112 miles over seven days gives a trip a different shape.

Along the Camino, the landscape becomes something you move through at the pace of your own footsteps. Crossing the Pyrenees, approaching a village, stopping for lunch: each becomes part of the experience you’ve worked toward.

There’s practical preparation involved, too. Building endurance. Breaking in your shoes. Making room in your week for longer walks. The journey begins taking shape well before departure.

For someone who has wondered, Could I do that?, even preparing can carry meaning.

Two Experiences, One Remarkable Journey

Our July 2–12, 2027 journey brings together two experiences that appear on many travelers’ bucket lists: walking the famous Camino de Santiago and being in Pamplona for San Fermín, the festival known for the Running of the Bulls.

They offer very different rhythms. The walk makes room for sustained effort, conversation, and reflection. Pamplona brings celebration, tradition, and the energy of a city immersed in its festival.

You can experience that atmosphere without running. Being there, witnessing the traditions and exploring the city, may be the experience you’ve imagined.

That combination helped inspire this journey: physical challenge alongside cultural discovery.

The People Beside You

A bucket list usually begins with something we want for ourselves. Sharing the experience adds another dimension.

For gay men traveling together, there can be particular comfort in joining a group where that part of our lives is already understood. Conversations have room to unfold. Encouragement comes from someone who knows the terrain.

This is what inspires me about working in travel: seeing people make room for experiences that carry real meaning, and watching connection become part of what they take home.

At Fellow Travelers, that possibility guides the journeys we create.

If the Camino has stayed on your list, I invite you to explore this upcoming journey and consider what taking the first step could mean for you,