Off the Road

Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 03.28.05 | 3:53 PM ET

The Washington Post’s Jerry V. Haines reviewed “Off the Road” in the Sunday Travel section. The book, by Jack Hitt, chronicles the author’s not-so-religious pilgrimage on foot from France to Santiago de Compostela. Apparently Hitt didn’t consider himself a religious pilgrim but thought the journey would make for a nice hike. What did Haines think of the book? “Hitt has surprisingly little introspection for someone in such a contemplative undertaking,” he writes. “He slips in a little geography, legends of the Knights Templar and deaths of the martyrs. All in great fun. Is it irreverent? Inspirational? Actually, both—and capably so.”