September 28, 2022. We arose very rested from very comfortable beds in a very discounted luxury hotel, which we couldn’t pass up at 53 Euro per night. But we did not wait around for their late breakfast, rather walking along the waterfront to a bar frequented by fishermen. There, our morning shot of espresso and …
September 27, 2022 I was not sad to leave our cigarette smoke laden rental apartment in Cobreces. We had a single cup of coffee from some old ground coffee in the apartment. We were resigned to a sparse breakfast due to lack of groceries nearby. As we headed west along CA-131 we expected to be …
The weather continues to turn towards cold, windy and wet. It’s hard to believe that we started out with 95 degrees in San Sebastian and now start our days in the low 50’s and light rain. Once again we heard the rain hitting our hotel windows during the night. We lucked out with a very …
We huddled in our nice little hostel in the tiny rainy town, thankful for a dry place to sleep. As the morning approached the rain still beat down on the windows and roof. In the early predawn we prepared for another all day rain. I wore sandals and shorts so as not to wet another …
September 24, 2022. This will be a shorter post with few pictures as it was a long day of rain with the camera packed away for much of the way. We awoke during the night with the sound of the promised rain having arrived. This did not have the sound of a little Michigan shower, …
Our evening in Rioseco was quiet as it was a small town and no restaurant. We missed the bus to the next town for what promised to be a good almuerzo meal ( late lunch time) and we can’t stay up to eat after 8. So we went together with Heidi, the new South Korean …
Still recovering from yesterday‘s 29 km hike, we decided to have a semi-rest day by limiting our distance to 15 km. We arose at 6:45 and quickly packed up. Packing is becoming quite automatic with routines practiced repeatedly to avoid missing something critical and keeping the packing tight. We walked out the waterfront and viewed …
September 21, 2022. Our promised light day turns difficult. We started our day in the old neighborhood of Sextao, which turned out to have the best bar food we‘ve had so far. Last night we went for dinner and had fantastic seafood pintxos and cider, and then again this morning for cafe con leche and …
September 20, 2022. After a beautiful night at the restful casa rural in Lezama, we had a nice breakfast of coffee, juice, croissant, toast and fruit at the casa before heading off towards Bilbao. We were in a good mood as we headed westward on a suburban road with no hills and no rocks. Light …
We closed up our rather drab pension and picked up some espresso, fresh-squeezed orange juice and simple bread , butter and jam at the bar on the main plaza of Gernika. I felt bad for the bar owner who had to open up at 7 am after closing down at 11 pm and I engaged …
