Santiago de Compostella: What happens after the Pilgrimage?

Reaching Santiago de Compostella is both exhilarating and sad. The trick is to bring home some of the calm and sense of interconnection found along the way.We have had three nights in Santiago and since we couldn't be enjoying buffet breakfasts and menus del dia all...

Llanes to Villaviciosa:

Hotel Carlos I : Our wonderful 300 year old hotel that gives Pilgrims a discount.Gordon: Tonight we are staying in Villaviciosa, the self proclaimed apple capital of Spain. And they don't waste these apples in the produce market, they convert most of them into cidra...

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Bilbao to Castro Urdiales:

We planned a short day today so that we would have time to look around this beautiful port town, and go swimming.The ride involved a couple of steep climbs, but there was little traffic and great scenery. It helps that the sun was shining all day. The pilgrim...

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Bilbao

Gordon:  After an early morning climb over a minor pass, we spent most of the morning on a gentle downhill roll into Bilbao.  This region was an important industrial area in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and there are some unattractive reminders of that...

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