作者: Stephan Groborsch

The Author was born in the Bavarian city of Kaufbeuren Germany in 1957. He enjoyed a normal childhood as the youngest of 5 children living at home until he landed his first job as an assembler at a milling factory. This took him to Pfronten, a town near the Austrian border, where he met his future wife Uschi. In 1979 Stephan enlisted in the German air force and worked for the next 25 years as an avionics specialist at Memmingen Airbase attached to the NATO Bomber Wing 34 “Allgaeu”. After his retirement in 2006 Stephan set a life goal for himself, to walk from his home in Bavaria to Santiago de Compostela. Following a route travelled by countless pilgrims since medieval times and known as “The Way of St. James”, the journey took him 90 days and covered a distance of over 2500 kms.