The history of the Camino de Santiago began in the 9th century. A hermit named Pelayo reported seeing mysterious lights in a forest, which led Bishop Teodomiro to find a mausoleum believed to be the tomb of Saint James. The first pilgrim was King Alfonso II of Asturias, who made a journey to the site in… Read More Camino de Sandiego

Today we left Bilbao for Pamplona with a stop in San Sebastian on the way. San Sebastian is a seaside town and is considered Spain’s gourmet capital (many Michelin star restaurants). It is also the gateway to the mountains of Basque country. We took a walking tour of the town before having lunch at a… Read More On to Pamplona

One of the main reasons I wanted to come to the north of Spain was to go to Guernica. Guernica is a relatively small town, just east of Bilbao in Basque Country. During the Spanish Civil War from 1936-1939, which put Franco in power, the Basque people fought against Franco. Franco was determined to unify… Read More Guernica

THERE IS LOX ON THE BREAKFAST BUFFET. Our first activity was a panoramic bus tour of Bilbao. Bilbao was a heavily industrial town until the middle to late 20th century when industry dried up. The town then made a conscientious decision to hire some really good architects to build up the town in order to… Read More First Full Day in Bilbao with Tour Group

Today we sadly left Gijon, but are looking forward to joining our tour group in Bilbao. Here is the last look at our Airbnb and attempt to show you the craziness of the parking structure in which we had to park our car. On the way, we made a stop at the Capricho de Gaudi… Read More Back to Bilbao

On this day, we decided to spend the morning relaxing and not go anywhere until after lunch. Also, lunch was leftover paella. Since we have been here, we have gotten into the habit after breakfast of going across the street and having café con leche. It’s an outside café and we get a beautiful view… Read More Fourth and Last Day in Gijon

This morning, I got the idea of trying to locate a body shop and seeing what it would take to fix the car. We got an early start out of the house and went to a body shop that was within about a kilometer. The guys there were really nice and immediately fixed the car.… Read More Our third day in Gijon

I can’t begin to express how much I love Gijon. After yesterday‘s spectacular day, we took another ride up into the mountains to a town called Viegas. We drove through mountain hamlets of Parque Natural de Somiedo stopping for numerous Polaroid moments. Here are the pictures that we took on the ride up to Viegas.… Read More Estoy Enamorada de Gijon

On Monday, I left Franklin and flew to Bilbao Spain, where I met up with my friend Reggie. From there, we rented a car and drove three hours to Gijon which is a delightful city on the north coast of Spain. When we got here, we had an interesting adventure. It took over an hour… Read More Gijon, Spain