Camino de Santiago
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Camino is Addictive! | Camino del Norte from Comillas to Sant Vicente de la Barquera – Day 15
On the Day 15 of our Camino de Santiago del Norte we got from the town Comillas to San Vicente de la Barquera. From the start of the day it was cloudy and gloomy with lots of humidity in the air. Everything around was wet. That was the first night when we had to wear the hats so we felt that the nights are getting colder. And we hadn’t big plans for the day – we aimed to walk just 11 kms till the outskirts of Sant Vicente de la Barquera. Because the next camping was in 27 km and we reasonably thought that it would be impossible to do…
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The most efficient day – hiking through the beautiful beaches | Camino del Norte from Noja to Loredo in Cantabria, Spain – Day 12
We woke up in the city of Noja in the very nice camping Playa Joyel that we were very happy about. It was the second camping in the row that we liked a lot. It had a good price range, nice facilities and direct access to the beach. It was the first camping where there was the hairdresser saloon and a cashpoint, not to mention the supermarket and camping related stuff shop. But the best part was the beach Playa de Candado of course in a very scenic location where we met the sunrise and enjoyed the view just for a bit. It had a little bit less space but…
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Extremely sleepy and gloomy day | Camino del Norte from Laredo to Noja in Cantabria, Spain – Day 11
On the Day 11 of our Camino de Santiago del Norte we hiked from the town Laredo in Cantabria to the Noja village. This day started in the camping Laredo where we stopped in yesterday and we were very happy about it. They left us to choose the pitch and gave us a reasonable price for the backpacker so that we didn’t have to pay for the car or caravan we don’t have. And the facilities were very good. At night it was quiet except for the chickens and ravens singing that we’re a bit annoying. We left the camping at 11 am because we felt extremely sleepy and didn’t…
- Backpacking, Cami de Sant Jaume, Camino de Santiago, Camino del Norte, Camping, Hiking in Europe, Hiking in Spain
Rock climbing and Incredible Oceancoast Hiking in Cantabria, Spain | Camino del Norte from Oriñon to Laredo-Day 10
On the Day 10 of our Camino de Santiago del Norte we hiked from the coastal village Oriñon in Cantabria to the town Laredo. That day we left the camping quite late at around 11 am cause we slept in (you know it happens sometimes when the alarm rings and you don’t want to get up). The camping itself was ok but it could be much better for the price when we payed 20 + euros for the standard pitch with a car and a tent which we feel is very unfair to the backpackers like us. And it wasn’t the first camping doing that. As well as paying extra…
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First day hiking in Cantabria, Spain | Camino del Norte from Castro-Urdiales to Oriñon-Day 9
On the Day 9 of our Camino de Santiago del Norte we hiked from the town Castro-Urdiales to the coastal village Oriñon. That night it was raining a bit and the highway that was under our camping was quite noisy all night long. But we had some good sleep and were planning to do 15 km to Orinon. Only in the morning we realized how cool the spot where we camped was with the views of the ocean and coast and no one around. We met the stunning sunrise there, had our breakfast, packed everything up and were good to go. Also we figured out that we’re in the other…
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Green Forest day and the Camino Burnout | Camino del Norte from Markina Xemein to Gernika-Day 8
On the day 8 of our Camino de Santiago del Norte we did 27 kms going from Markina-Xemein to the Gernika village. We got up to the beautiful sunny morning in the little forest above the highway that we found yesterday night. The night was extremely quiet and calm and nothing could disturb our sleep. We were lucky to find this place quite fast and not going very far from the city. As it’s been extremely hard the last couple of days to find a camp spot because of the area being very populated and with lots of traffic. I did my stretching yoga routine in the morning as it…
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Hiking in the Beautiful Basque Country, Spain | Camino de Santiago del Norte from Mutriku to Markina Xemein-Day 7
This was our day 7 of Camino del Norte when we hiked through the mountains from the village of Mutriku to Markina Xemein. That night was a hell, it was raining almost all the night and the morning and we slept only for a couple of hours. So we woke up very late at 9 am and then all day long we were feeling sleepy. We finally found the camping gas that we needed so badly already while we were paying for the night at the reception. We came down to the village Mutriku to go to the tourist office for the stamp and decided not to buy any food…
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Hiking with the Donkey | Day 6 of Camino del Norte from Zumaia to Deba
The night was quiet and very warm that was a second time us experiencing of how warm it can be in the forest at night. All we heard was an owl and several birds. Everything was quite wet from the rain yesterday and extremely humid so the tent was twice as heavy cause it soaked up all that wetness. We had a real quick breakfast with a stunning view cause we knew that we had to do our norm for today and that was up to 20 km again. And somewhere on the way we had to find some gas cause otherwise we wouldn’t be able to cook and for…
- Backpacking, Cami de Sant Jaume, Camino de Santiago, Hiking in Pyrenees, Hiking in Spain, Hiking Trail
Final day and our impressions on Camino de Santiago in Catalonia, Spain – Day 4
On our fourth and final day of Cami de Sant Jaume in Catalonia we were quite tired already after previous extremely hot days but we had a quiet night in the camping Gran Sol in Seu d’Urgell and were ready to do the final stretch of this hike today. After having bought so many food yesterday(cause we were very hungry) we had to carry with us more extra weight and we were really worried whether we would be able to complete this 20+ kms stretch or not. But we hoped that the weather and the trail would work in our favor. We needed to get to the town Organya where…
- Backpacking, Cami de Sant Jaume, Camino de Santiago, Hiking in Pyrenees, Hiking in Spain, Hiking Trail
Camino de Santiago in Catalonia, Spain – Day 2 | From Isovol to Pont de Bar
Last night it was raining and thunderstorming a lot so we got up a bit late that day. But we were glad that at least it’s not raining during the day. We planned to make 20 kms the same distance as yesterday to the next campground near Pont de Bar. Our muscles were quite sore after the first day of the hike so it was more difficult to start moving. We were running out of the food supplies so we had to hurry up to the supermarket to buy fruit and veggies. And it was the only shop we’ll meet in the next 2 days so we had to make…
