Monthly Archives: May 2025

We are staying in the heart of the action of Bilbao, great bars, pintxos, and restaurants.  We started the day, after a sleep in, with a full breakfast. We played tourist today, visiting the cathedral where we could get a … Continue reading →

Another hot one today, glad it’s not going to be a long one. It reached 33c and was very humid, we both suffered with this today.  Sunrise is about 6am and sunset about 9:15pm, sunny the entire time. Sorry but … Continue reading →

Not a great nights sleep, my feet kept reminding me that I treated them poorly. Good early breakfast to start the day so we were able get going by 8am. It promised to be a hot day.  Once again we … Continue reading →

The day started out very promising, a Spanish breakfast, clear cloudless sky’s and no aches and pains. The walk out of town was beside a babbling book. But soon started up into the mountains. One of things not mentioned in … Continue reading →

We slept in! Knowing breakfast ( desayuno) was going to be 8:30am we did not set an alarm. So eventually we got going, being a few km out of town and already on the Camino other pilgrims were walking past … Continue reading →

The day started off dismally, it rained overnight and was still drizzling when we set off . We had a false start when we started to go up a very steep and slippery rocky path. There are two routes out … Continue reading →

Started earlier today on minimal fuel, being Sunday and everything is closed early in the morning. We had a longer day ahead of us and the obligatory hills. Up out of town and down into town. The Camino wound its … Continue reading →

Our day is a short but hard day, after catching the ferry across to Pasajes de San Pedro we started a steep and strenuous journey up steps equivalent to about a 30 storey building. We had a rest at the … Continue reading →

Started the day with good Spanish breakfast. Strong black coffees ( Americano), toasted bread roll (Pan), and orange juice (jumo de naranjo). We found a little cafeteria just around the corner from our accommodation. With a couple of coffees under … Continue reading →