May 15th, 2017 Camping de Santillana to Alburgue de Perigrino Camilla Km walked: 23 Km total: 318 I wasn’t able to sleep that well at the campsite, something I attribute to the slanted ground we slept on, making me slide into Carolyn all night. I woke up tired and sore and didn’t really feel like […]

May 14th, 2017 Camping de Loredo to Camping de Santillana Km walked: 32 Km total: 295 It was a long, boring and frustrating day walking. It was all paved highway walking through some of the most monotonous scenery of the whole trip. We even passed by a large power plant- smoke stacks and all. My

May 13th, 2017 Alburgue Juvenile de Sontona to Camping Derbi de Loredo Km walked: 35 Km total: 263 Last night was was fine until someone banged on the top of our tent around 8:30. I opened the fly and a police officer stood in front of me. “Espanol?” He asked. “No. Ingles?” “It is forbidden

May 12th, 2017 Camping de Castro to Alburgue Juvenile de Sontona  Km walked: 31 Km total: 228 It was a fairly boring day through a long road walk alternate. We didn’t have to do the road walk but it cut off quite a bit of unnecessary backtracking so we took it. The route lately has

May 11th, 2017 Portugalete to Camping de Castro Urdiales  Km walked: 28 Km total: 197 The Alburgues are just terrible. We had to stay at one again last night in Portugeles, as we ended the day in a city and no camping options were available.  There’s nothing like sleeping in a hot room with 16

May 10th, 2017 Bilbao to Portugalete Km walked: 20 Km total: 169 It only took a week on the trail, but I finally managed to lock myself in a public toilet. It was hot in there, and humid, and the smell of urine and crap was almost suffocating. There are hardly any public restrooms in

May 9th, 2017 Alburgue Eriska to Bilboa Km walked: 24 Km total: 149 The night was cool and pleasant in the tent, and the best part was that we didn’t have to listen to any rhinos or elephants, just the occasional horse naying under the moonlight, and the small chirps of crickets squawking away in

May 8th, 2017 Ziortza to Alburgue Eskirika Km walked: 25 Km total: 125 We sat outside in Gerika on a park bench eating our baguette and salami and cheese, watching people come and go from the grocery store, also with baguettes, sticking out of bags and coats and held in hands. The baguette is a

May 7th, 2017 Deba to Ziortza  Km walked: 31 Km total: 100 We walked inland today, up and over large mountains and through densely forested woods. The sea lay out of sight to the north, and instead we saw goats and sheep and horses, eating grass and laying in the sun under skies too blue

May 6th, 2017 Camp Zauratz to Deba Km walked: 25 Km total: 69 The rain came down strong during the night and battered the tent, and luckily let up around 3 AM so that when we woke up the tent was pretty dry. The air was cool, clear and clean, and the view out towards