Travelogues Cantabria

What does Cantabria have to offer, besides shaggy creatures that circle our bus?

At the Source of the Ebro

We are in Laredo, a holiday resort on the northern coast of Spain situated between Santander and Bilbao. We are here to continue benefiting from the lower pollen levels by the...

Zappa's small rice sketches After five weeks, a little more than halfway through our journey and 5500 km, Gibraltar is becoming a distant memory. Arriving in Cantabria, our...

We hit the road again and continue our journey. After a relaxed breakfast and packing up, we saddle up around noon. We continue along the coastal road for a while, up and down,...

Camino in the north

Day 2: Santander - Queveda

Well people, the Gaijin is not sorry, because today you will be bombarded with mountains again. That the unworthy one stayed in it, he already saw in the morning, when the first...

We continue our journey. After two days at the campground with showers and electricity, we now want to experience the coast and nature. It's time to free camp - the question is...

Plaza in Santillana del Mar

Yesterday it was finally time to go outside again! Not only Triene had butterflies in her stomach 😄 After many stormy days (including rain in the night and early morning), we...

For days now, I haven't been able to walk properly. There's a prickling sensation in my foot and I have to hobble through the wilderness! The examination reveals a thorn...

Thursday 11.05.23 On Thursday, Paola and I had a very weird pudding for breakfast. Then she took me to the bus stop again and we left without the Spaniards. We went on a trip...

It had rained heavily last night and now, around 8 am, it was only drizzling lightly. So I stayed in bed for another hour, the bed was so comfortable 😁 9:15 am, time to get up...

After we washed our laundry mountain in the laundromat and put it back clean and dry in the closet, we found an overnight spot with a sensational view of the bay and the...

Simon: Following tips from camping neighbors, we took the N 621 route through the Picos de Europa (foothills of the Pyrenees) on our way to Riano. Impressive winding roads,...

Castro Urdiales - Laredo This route was probably the most challenging so far, we were able to shorten the 30km to about 25km, but it was constantly up and down. Conversations...

In the morning all the Germans went to Covalagua and the view is magnificent, but my feet are now tense because we had to walk a lot. Then we visited the caves of the French,...

A house by the architect Antoni Gaudi, built for the bachelor Máximo Díaz de Quijano.

The cave paintings of Altamira are a heritage of our Cro-Magnon human ancestors and depict rock art from the Upper Paleolithic. Unfortunately, photography is not allowed on the...