What acts of pilgrimage would you like to undertake?

[Jaron]

Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

Enjoy your captivity.

[Martinus]

Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

Enjoy your captivity.

I know - it's one of life's greatest tragedies that I cannot travel freely there at the moment.

[CountDeMoney]

Cuba. I want to see it all:  the Moncada barracks, The old Presidio Modelo prison, the Granma, the lobby staircase of the Capri and the old Hilton ballroom, the camp at La Plata, the Bay of Pigs...I plowed too many goddamned credits into that revolution not to see where it all happened.

That, and the Vatican.  Would love to see how they've tricked out the home office back at Corporate.

[Capetan Mihali]

That, and the Vatican.  Would love to see how they've tricked out the home office back at Corporate.

See if all the ashtrays and Bavarian beer taps Benedict had installed are still there.

[The Brain]

Cuba. I want to see it all:  the Moncada barracks, The old Presidio Modelo prison, the Granma, the lobby staircase of the Capri and the old Hilton ballroom, the camp at La Plata, the Bay of Pigs...I plowed too many goddamned credits into that revolution not to see where it all happened.

That, and the Vatican.  Would love to see how they've tricked out the home office back at Corporate.

You write Born To Kill on your helmet AND you wear a peace button?

[Malthus]

Cuba. I want to see it all:  the Moncada barracks, The old Presidio Modelo prison, the Granma, the lobby staircase of the Capri and the old Hilton ballroom, the camp at La Plata, the Bay of Pigs...I plowed too many goddamned credits into that revolution not to see where it all happened.

That, and the Vatican.  Would love to see how they've tricked out the home office back at Corporate.

You write Born To Kill on your helmet AND you wear a peace button?

He may have an anteater, rather than a helmet.

Though if he has a helmet, I can totally see him writing "born to kill" on it. 

[Sheilbh]

Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland

You know that mostly burned down right?

[mongers]

For me the journey itself is usual going to be more important than the place of pilgrimage, so I might consider revisiting Canterbury Cathedral from here, but I'd need to find an interesting route there, perhaps one that in part followed old pilgrimage routes?

[garbon]

Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland

You know that mostly burned down right?

Did you mean the Boleskine House? Couldn't find much about the Chapel burning apart from that the original bits were destroyed centuries ago.

[Sheilbh]

Oops yeah. Boleskine house had a big fire last year I think.

[alfred russel]

Reading this thread, and the other one, I'm having trouble distinguishing between a pilgrimage and a cool vacation.

[Maladict]

Reading this thread, and the other one, I'm having trouble distinguishing between a pilgrimage and a cool vacation.

I'll have a go:

- the pilgrimage destination is the only focal point of the journey
- the journey and/or destination holds great meaning or significance
- travel solo or with like-minded people
- some benefit or experience is gained from the pilgrimage

[Richard Hakluyt]

For me the journey itself is usual going to be more important than the place of pilgrimage, so I might consider revisiting Canterbury Cathedral from here, but I'd need to find an interesting route there, perhaps one that in part followed old pilgrimage routes?

The Powell and Pressburger film, A Canterbury Tale is interesting, a sort of WW2 update of Chaucer :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canterbury_Tale

[mongers]

For me the journey itself is usual going to be more important than the place of pilgrimage, so I might consider revisiting Canterbury Cathedral from here, but I'd need to find an interesting route there, perhaps one that in part followed old pilgrimage routes?

The Powell and Pressburger film, A Canterbury Tale is interesting, a sort of WW2 update of Chaucer :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canterbury_Tale

Thanks, I've seen snippets of that, so really should see the whole film, especially given the time and conditions when it was made.

[Monoriu]

Reading this thread, and the other one, I'm having trouble distinguishing between a pilgrimage and a cool vacation.

I'll have a go:

- the pilgrimage destination is the only focal point of the journey
- the journey and/or destination holds great meaning or significance
- travel solo or with like-minded people
- some benefit or experience is gained from the pilgrimage

So if I go to Italy for two weeks and spend a day at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, that probably doesn't count as pilgrimage.  Then I don't think I have been to a pilgrimage at all.  If I go to Japan and specifically look for anime-related sites, then it probably counts.  But I likely won't do that.