-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
