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Friday cool and sunny later in the day. The coastal walking adventure starts tomorrow, along the pink granite coast as it is called. On the Cornish coast we uniformly found high to very high service levels. Here it is not … Continue reading →

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Thursday– cloudy with intermittent showers. Awoke to a lovely view of the bay. Could not see it in the dark last evening. Quiet here as mostly business groups are in residence. Drove through the usual deserted looking French villages and … Continue reading →

Wednesday partly cloudy Long travel day. Bus to Bilbao, bus to Biarritz, bus to airport, car rental driving north towards Nantes. Horrible dinner at a truck stop south of Bordeaux and first reintro to French toilettes (femme side) The former … Continue reading →

Tuesday partly cloudy Off to Santillana del Mar leaving from possibly the most modern, clean and services friendly bus station. http://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santillana_del_Mar Old church of course. No fotos allowed link instead. http://www.santillana-del-mar.com/english/collegiate.htm With the paleo caves,Altamira, close by and very similar … Continue reading →

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Monday mostly cloudy Yes there are no bananas. Similarly no fruit other than kiwi and excellent Valencia oranges which are juicy eating apples here. Wandered around to see local sites. Very windy. Wet feet at one point. Next to the … Continue reading →

Sun. Partly sunny Further westward on the Way. This should be a peaceful walk, not! For the first hour we were serenaded by the convocation of trucks and their loud blasting horns. then at the cathedral (with its fine retablo) … Continue reading →

Saturday partly cloudy Bus to Santander. ALSA has three classes, the third is over the top with personal service onboard. Went steerage which was fine. Spain, at least in the North, has excellent public and private bus lines. Metro is … Continue reading →