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 [...]

Gordon:  At Arzua the Camino del Norte joins the Camino Frances, the main pilgrimage route.  It was a pleasant shock to suddenly be surrounded by [...]

Ruth: There are moments along the way where it feels like we have travelled back to the Middle Ages. This feeling was intensified at Mondonedo [...]

Gordon:  Last night we stayed in a pilgrim albergue in Spain for the first time.  The experience felt more like anthropological research than a good [...]

Ruth: We had another beautiful ride today, with the exception of the industrial landscape on this side of Gijon. Gijon is an attractive beach city [...]

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 [...]

Gaudi's El Capricho in ComillasAfter Santander we left the suburbs and car dealerships and cycled into a much prettier landscape of rolling hills and little [...]

We are in Solares, south of Santander tonight, drinking beer and discussing how our experiences so far on this route compare to our other Caminos. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]