El Rocio Luarca

Empezamos el Camino de Santiago en el Hotel Mar de Plata de Sarria (Hotel Sarria)
Nuestra aventura comenzó el día 11 de Agosto de 2009 en la localidad de
Sarria, el pueblo más grande del camino de santiago en galicia.

... An opportunity to shower and camp on a clifftop campsite; the rain continued... We had a trip into the local town of St Vincent de la Barquera, where we bought fresh fish, having asked 5 people (Annabelle's Spanish delivery of asking for a fish shop took us to a fishing tackle shop...)

... decided we had already had a perfect day. Next time we’ll bring hiking stuff as one could spend a few days exploring different paths. The weather was perfect. You could almost see all the way to the sea. I’ve gotten quite skilled at the standard transmission….I was backing up in really steep inclines and not even breaking a sweat. I might have bitten one or two fingernails to the quick, but all in a day ...

... Jews, the Inquisitioin, etc. Hee, hee. Still trying to be funny here. But enough.

It is a beautiful spot here. The air is cool and smells of the woods. We've both commented how early it feels here in the mornings. By that I mean that at 8am it feels dark and early--like 6am back home. Not much moves until 9am (which feels like 7)! Enjoy the photos from Covadonga. Next stop, Ribadeo on the coast.

... emblematic of the modern city of Aviles, which is a big industrial center of iron and zinc. The old area of town is very picturesque but it is surrounded by blocks and blocks of tall apartment buildings.




In a light rain, we walked to statue of Pedro Menendez so that Conrad could get his picture taken in front of it. He brought along a copy of the St Augustine Record so ...

In the afternoon we went up to the mountains of Asturias, just south of Luarca we found a tiny road leading up. Wonderful scenery and scary roads lead us finally to the tiny town of San Pedro de Paredes where we had a meal consisting of jamon and bacon.

... Carbonara Andy Photo's whilst Helen Slept 1st May2007 Luarca - Santiago de Compostela Wet Wet Wet, Rain Rain Rain Very Medieval, Tapas eating out. Missed Bus due to Andy's Faffing. Walked in and out of town. Helen definitely not well. Slept poorly, loud rain!

hello there! We stopped of in Santander for 10 days to catch up with some friends and had a great time. We met up with Elissa, Carlas Spanish friend and got drunk with all her buddies. They cooked for us alot and showed us around the city. Santander is a uni town so Aussies are plentiful. We caught up with Doogle and Candy who we met in Prague and Jimmy from Warnambool.

... D Bylo swietnie, sympatycznie, wesolo, szalono, nie wiemy co jeszcze, bo szczegoly gdzies umknely. Grunt ze okolo 4 nad ranem dotarlysmy spowrotem do schroniska, weszlysmy przez okno i oddalysmy sie w ramiona Morfeusza. Rano obudzila nas cisza pozostawiona przez wspolpielgrzymow, ktorzy juz od dawna byli w drodze. My z ciezkim sercem :P i bolem glowy poszlysmy na kawe, bo na nic wiecej nie mialysmy sil. No a zaraz potem zalalysmy kaca ...

Bilbao, Spain Hola! Como estas? Spain...well, we only had a day in Spain also, so we made use of it as best as possible. I'm not sure if you have heard of the Guggenheim Museum which is quite famous (I hadn't!), but anyway it was gorgeous, and spent a very large chunk of my day there. It was architecturally amazing, and the displays were really interesting also. There was a special Russian ...