Baby Walks to Santiago

A family adventure with a little pilgrim

Would you walk 650 kilometers with a 7-month-old?
Our family did — and our journey will inspire you.

There is no next time

A son looking back on twenty years of his father's illness

A small, raw book of reflections written in the aftermath of a father’s long decline and final goodbye.

Baby Walks to Santiago

A family adventure with a little pilgrim

Would you walk 650 kilometers with a 7-month-old?
Our family did — and our journey will inspire you.

650 Kilometers. 51 Days. 2 Parents. 1 Baby.

What happens when you take a 7-month-old on the most famous pilgrimage in the world?Baby Walks to Santiago is a heartwarming, humorous, and inspiring memoir of a young family's epic adventure on the Camino de Santiago. While most new parents worry about sleepless nights and teething, we packed our bags and set off on a life-changing journey, discovering the beauty of the Camino one step at a time.Told through a father’s eyes, this story is a mix of challenge and joy, exhaustion and wonder, parenting and adventure. Along the way, we met incredible people, walked through breathtaking landscapes, and tackled the unexpected realities of carrying a baby across an ancient pilgrimage route.

What’s Inside?
✅ The magic of walking the Camino de Santiago
✅ The joys & struggles of traveling with a baby
✅ A story of resilience, adventure, and parenting on the road
Who is This Book For?
✔️ Travel lovers seeking a unique and heartwarming adventure story
✔️ Camino dreamers looking for inspiration to take the first step
✔️ Parents & families wondering if adventure and babies can mix
✔️ Casual readers who enjoy humorous and inspiring travel memoirs

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Walk the Camino Through Our Eyes

From sleepless nights to breathtaking landscapes, experience the Camino de Santiago through the eyes of a new parent. A heartfelt, humorous, and inspiring memoir of adventure, resilience, and discovery, taking you along for every (tiny) step of the way.

© 2025 Leonid Ler. All rights reserved.

There is no next time

A son looking back at twenty years of his father’s illness

A small, raw book of reflections written in the aftermath of a father’s long decline and final goodbye.

What if the “next time” you’ve been waiting for never comes?

There Is No Next Time is not a memoir. It is a small, raw book of reflections written in the aftermath of a father’s long decline and final goodbye. With honesty and simple language, it explores the thin line between pride and regret, the weight carried by those who stay, and the moments of love that still shine through even in the hardest years.This is a book about grief, but more than that, it is a reminder: the chances we think will always be there are not.I wrote it to process my own loss. If you have experienced grief yourself, I hope you see a piece of your own story here too.

What’s Inside?
✅ Honest snapshots of my life during the long twenty years of my father's decline
✅ Reflections on regret, guilt, love, and the promises we break or keep
✅ Glimpses of love that show up even in the hardest moments
✅ A reminder that the time we think we have will eventually run out
Who is This Book For?
✔️ Me
✔️ Anyone carrying the slow weight of watching someone they love fade
✔️ Sons and daughters trying to balance distance, guilt, and care
✔️ Anyone who has lost someone and wondered if they did enough

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We always think there will be more time. Until there isn’t.

This book is my attempt to sit with that truth. It isn’t a story with an arc or answers. But fragments from watching my dad fade, and the weight of what I did and didn’t do. I wrote it for me, but if you’ve lost someone and felt the same ache, I hope you’ll feel you're not alone.

© 2025 Leonid Ler. All rights reserved.