Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises, David Downie and his wife lay out from Paris to walk across France towards the Pyrenees. Starting over the Rue Saint-Jacques then trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric path takes 72 times on Roman streets and pilgrimage paths-an 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of Saint Adam the Greater. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela-“JUST HOW” for brief. The object of any pilgrimage is an inward journey manifested in a long, reflective walk. For Downie, the inward trip met the outer one: a combined mix of self-discovery and physical regeneration. A lot more than 200,000 pilgrims take the extremely commercialized Spanish route each year, but few cross France. Downie experienced a goal: to visit from Paris towards the Pyrenees on age-old paths, making the pilgrimage in his very own maverick way.