by Paty | Sep 22, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 22, 2022 Route: Portugalete to Castro Urdiales Distance: 26.2 kilometers (16.2 miles) + 2 km bridge detour Cumulative Distance: 197.8 km Last night’s experience at the albergue in Portugalete was one of the more frustrating ones I’ve ever...
by Paty | Sep 21, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 21, 2022 Route: Bolívar to Eskerika to Portugalete Distance: 40.9 kilometers (25.4 miles) Cumulative Distance: 171.6 km An amazing thing happened at the rural albergue where I slept last night. Seven pilgrims were sleeping in bunks, and not a single...
by Paty | Sep 20, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 20, 2022 Route: Bolívar to Eskerika Distance: 28.7 kilometers (17.8 miles) Cumulative Distance: 130.4 km After finishing my super early dinner in Iruzubieta yesterday, I had to walk the 2.3 kilometers back to my empty albergue. It wasn’t even 5 pm by...
by Paty | Sep 19, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 19, 2022 Route: Ibiri to Bolívar Distance: 25.3 kilometers (15.7 miles) + 4.6 km extra for food Cumulative Distance: 101.7 km As much as I loved staying at the old dairy farm last night, it had the same problem that every other albergue has: the early birds....
by Paty | Sep 18, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 18, 2022 Route: Getaria to Ibiri Distance: 22.9 kilometers (14.2 miles) Cumulative Distance: 76.4 km After exploring Getaria last night, I returned to the pensión and logged on to the internet to plan my itinerary for the next few days. Flying by the seat of...
by Paty | Sep 17, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 17, 2022 Route: San Sebastian to Getaria Distance: 24.4 kilometers (15.1 miles) + a bonus 5 km Cumulative Distance: 53.5 km After dinner last night, I spent some time looking at the Camino del Norte route. The route profile from Irun to Bilbao looked like a...
