Arrived in El Pont de Suert about 600 kms from our last night in Comillas. Very different part of Spain from a green seaside town on the north coast to a village in the middle of the Pyrenees, the mountain ranges that border Spain and France. Many castle ruins on hilltops and driving down through the Rioja area, vines as far as you can see. Although it was very dry away from the northern coast. We had a relaxing time in Comillas and we needed to as we have three...

What a beautiful place Northern Spain has turned out to be and a real surprise, from the Eucalyptus plantations covering the spectacular mountains in Galacia, to the beautiful beaches and green rolling hills. And not to mention the castles, churches, artefacts and national parks. Since Finisstre, we have spent 2 nights near Foz, a night at Ponfedorra and are now in Comillas on the coast near Santanda for 2 nights. Highlights of Foz was having no idea where the...

Wow Spanish hospitality is wonderful. I will get to that in a minute. Travelled from Porto in Portugal up to Finisterre today via Cambados and Santiago de Compostella. Cambados was a great stop for morning tea. I was busting for a pee and as we could not find a parking spot, Chris dropped me off in front of a building with lots if let's say older folk (Matt) coming out of surmising that there would be a toilet. In I wandered and walked through a number of rooms a...

Bloody hell I spent an hour doing my blog entry catch up last night Pamplona to find out his morning that it had not saved. I am going to cheat and say what a wonderful ferry ride we had to the Netherlands followed by a not so good train journey to Amsterdam, a great 3 days except the stairs, or should I say ladders to our apartment, big drive day through the Netherlands, Belgium and France to make it to Spain. Yesterday we had a great day in Pamplona with our ...