The book presents a journey on foot from Norway to Rome, a pilgrimage. The author has just retired and is looking for a new direction in her life, she decides spending 5 months on the trail to Rome is a good place to start. For anyone undertaking such a task you would expect it to be a kind of watershed in their lifes, but the book never touches on the thoughts in her head, how the thoughts are swirling around in the head while she is walking, but unfortunately the book never really takes off. Otherwiseit is nice to read about the trail and people she meets,andhow they are helping her