Travelogues Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

Bilbao, 100% Rain, and this is how my mobile phone prepared me for the last day of vacation. I woke up at 6 AM with the rhythm of hiking and was the first at the breakfast...

Today was the day of beautiful views. The plan was actually to find a camping site early and plan from there, but instead we did 3 hikes to amazingly beautiful viewpoints....

Sunday, September 25, 2022 Morning: Bessines-sur-Gartempe * Evening: Donostia-San Sebastián *** In Bessines-sur-Gartempe, we go for a jog around the lake in the drizzle. Then...

First, we visited the Pagoeta Nature Park, where there is a botanical garden in the middle of the forest. Here, various plants are cultivated, from eucalyptus to palm trees and...

Today's story is a quick one: after wanting to spend another day in Bilbao to visit the Guggenheim Museum, I had to cover over 500 km on the motorway. Without the highway, it...

Thursday, September 29, 2022 Morning: Sotres, Picos de Europa * Evening: Vitoria-Gasteiz *** The rain drives us out of Sotres and the Picos de Europa. After shopping in Las...

Nach wirklich sehr schönen Tagen in Biarritz sind wir weiter nach Spanien gefahren, wie immer war der Grenzübertritt völlig problemlos. Wie sind zuerst in Hondarribia zum...

Bilbao - I have always found the name of this city charming. Now that I am here, I must contradict all the naysayers, because there are indeed many beautiful corners and...

My alarm went off around 6:51 am. So early, it had been a while. So get out of bed. Turn on the music and pack everything. I had everything I would need in my backpack in case...

We took a walk with the dog through Getaria in the morning and took photos of the sunrise, then we headed to the Ullibarri Reservoir, the largest reservoir in the Basque...

I woke up around 8:30 in the morning because someone decided to throw his 100 bottles into the container early in the morning, resulting in everything being too late. No mercy....

As it was lightly raining again, I waited and stayed in bed. Around 11 am, I grabbed my rain jacket and backpack and went shopping. 20 minutes later, I was standing in front of...

I got up at a normal time and had breakfast with the remaining baguette and ham. After packing up, I headed to Donostia San Sebastian. It was only 45km but it felt long. It took...

We were hoping to be rewarded with a stunning sunrise over the lake from our amazing campsite...But no such luck. Until noon, it was completely foggy...you could hardly see 10...

So it's been a while since the last update. After arriving in Vielha on the fourth day at 3am with a two-hour delay, I looked for a place to sleep at a bus stop. The next day, I...

On Wednesday we went by bus to Bilbao and took a tour. There were many markets and people selling bracelets. Before lunch, we had time to explore everything on our own. For...

Today we drove comfortably from Arcachon to San Sebastián, finally in Spain and the sun is shining all day. Since it is Saturday, the streets are crowded and people here also...

20.02.2023: Panes - San Vicente de la Barquera - Bilbao: We set off again early in the morning to San Vicente de la Barquera; according to the weather forecast, the beautiful...

A small addition to Gorliz - a place doesn't have to have a beautiful name to be loved. Today I took another beautiful hike above the bathing bay and a few other coves and I am...

My alarm went off around 8 o'clock and it was pouring rain. I tidied up inside and then headed to the workshop. I explained my problem, but they wouldn't be able to look into it...

A small alley

How time flies! My break is ending tomorrow and then we continue. The days here in Irun have been very relaxing. I will have to give up camping and today I brought the tent,...

In the past few days, a lot has happened. On day 9, we were at a campsite with an abandoned swimming pool and once again a very nice woman at the reception. However, it was very...

We left Contis Plage again in the late morning. We had an official and very nice pitch with a few campervans....... Travel in your own home. Well, if you like it..... In the...

We went to Getxo for lunch, a suburb of Bilbao, where there is a unique aerial ferry from 1893. In terms of construction, it reminds of the Eiffel Tower, made of iron beams put...

So, now I'm already in Spain, in Irun. The past few days I've taken it easy. It was quite warm. For the next few days, I've rented a small simple room and will rest a bit before...

On Wednesday we went to Bilbao and the market there is like the Chelsea Market. There are many palm trees and the city is very beautiful! I only ate vegetables there because the...

We spent the day having a hearty breakfast and then went for a nice walk. In the afternoon, we cleaned the bus and went shopping and found an amazing spot with a panoramic view...

Last night we had the "midway point", it is the 183 out of 365 days off. On April 1st our time off officially started and our booked flight to the USA (to Washington) was...

In 2023 everything turned out differently: 5 months in Asia, the Way of St. James, travel interruption, back in Germany for the summer. But was that it now?