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  • TravelerDel Norte
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    Day 11

    Day 8 Reat Day - Portugalete

    September 29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Had a great sleep. Woke up early to say goodbye to Bernadette and Anna

    Anja decided to stay an extra night. We went out for a delicious lunch I had Sea Bass !
    Lots of bones so had to be careful.

    I met Anja in Bilbao. She was carrying so much stuff that a homeless person saluted her😅

    She bought a new backpack there and walked 10 km. She Stopped and decided to take the bus. She didn't know how so asked a garbage collector who in turn led her to the warehouse where about 50 men were gathered. No one aspoke English and only one spoke German. He was able to help her👍

    Today I helped her arrange her luggage transfer. She will do less km tomorrow than I.
    We will set out at 7 at the latest It looks like another scorching hot day.

    I must mention this Viscaya hanging bridge thing it transports people and vehicles over the channel in a suspended team for 50 Euros.....or you can pay 8.5 Euros to walk across the top of it!!! I could have taken it but didn't realize what it was. I thought it was just an ugly crane like structure Anja took it and had a blast😅

    There is an alternative route for tomorrow by the water so we will take that . I don't know how it will affect my kms for the day.

    A man in our Albergue got lost just trying to find this place. So many pilgrims go off track The Camino is very poorly marked and there are so many other trails as well. The GR trail is one marked by red and white stripes . It is used all over Europe. At this point I am navigating with a screenshot of a map/ downloaded map from All Trails app Google Maps, and the Wise Pilgrim app. I will be a pro with navigation after this experience for sure😉😅💪    Read more

  • TravelerCamino del Norte
    Day 10

    Jour 10 - De Bilbao à Santurce

    September 1, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Je loge ce soir à Santurce, tout à côté de Portugalete. C'était une petite étape d'environ 14 km, presque plate. Par contre, pas vu un seul pèlerin...

    Portugalete a aussi une caractéristique étonnante : la ville étant construite à flanc de colline ,on trouve plusieurs ascenseurs publics, et même... des escalators ! Autant dire que le pèlerin que je suis est passé à côté de ces dispositifs 😊😊Read more

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  • TravelerCamino del Norte
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    Day 10

    Jour 10 - Portugalete

    September 1, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    J'arrive presque à l'embouchure du fleuve (Bilbao est vraiment dans les terres). Portugalete dispose d',un pont transbordeur qui fonctionne toujours. On peut traverser sur une barge suspendue à des câbles, au ras de l'eau. A noter que Marseille avait un tel pont sur le Vieux Port au début du 20e siècle.Read more

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  • TravelerRoadtrip Spanien und Portugal
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    Day 32

    Museumswetter in Bilbao

    April 23, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

    Wie gut, dass in Bilbao auf der absoluten To Do Liste das Guggenheim Museum steht. Denn heute ist absolutes Museumswetter, es regnet fast den ganzen Tag. Samu hält ganze 3 Stunden mit mir dort aus. Danach gibt's ne fette Portion Nudeln beim Italiener. Was für ein Glück, dass wir im Hotel eine Badewanne haben. Wir kommen nämlich recht durchnässt dorthin zurück und Samu taucht erstmal eine Stunde ab. Am Abend ist es wieder trocken und wir drehen noch eine Runde durch den Kiez und fahren mit der Schwebefähre auf die andere Seite der Stadt. Morgen geht's zurück nach Burgos. Ich bin schon ziemlich nervös und hoffe soooooo sehr, dass wir unseren Camper wieder repariert zurück bekommen und endlich die lange Heimreise antreten können. Schließlich sind wir gefühlt schon 40 Jahre unterwegs, wie Samu heute morgen nach dem Aufwachen meinte:-)Read more

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  • TravelerWalking the Camino
    Day 53–54

    Day 53 Bilbao to Sestau

    June 13, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    The sun was shining as we got up and breakfasted at Andres’s flat. Then on the road once more.
    We wandered through complete urban sprawl on the way out of Bilbao. The nicest sections were along the canal and at 1 point through a kind of country park whee the locals were sunbathing.
    Apart from that we went through blocks of apartments, under and over motorways, big loud building projects and felt quite done in when we arrived in Sestao. It had been a long slog of roads and underpasses.
    The approach into town was very daunting with rubble and broken concrete buildings with lots of graffiti.
    We plodded up and down the Main Street of pinxtos bars, we found one that was serving chips and burgers and settled for lunch.
    Still have big issues with finding food as no where here does a meal before 8.30pm.
    We called into a local greengrocer and bought supplies to cook as we knew we had a kitchen to use.
    We arrived at the apartment we had a room in and the owner was quite flustered as she had been in shower when we rang the bell!
    We were shown our room, the bathroom and kitchen then left to our own devices.
    After showering we slumped, then had to rally to get cooking - our first homemade meal in 2 months.
    We were well underway with this when the phone went.
    Suddenly 2 more guests arrived- so now we are 5 adults in a tiny apartment with one toilet 😫
    Not great!!
    We will avoid this situation in future
    We settled ourselves to eat whilst the other adults wandered about us working out how to use the washing machine- not very relaxing!!
    Anyway onwards and forwards let’s hope we get some sleep and are in a more peaceful setting tomorrow 🤞    Read more

  • TravelerCamino del Norte
    Day 9

    Bilbao to Portugalete

    September 11, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    This stage was primarily an urban spread. We started the day working our way up the hill overlooking Bilbao, away from the city. We were often out of view of the city, but never out of earshot of the traffic. It was very pleasant. Unfortunately, that didn't last and we walked many miles on city streets. Tomorrow will probably be much of the same. Not our favorite walking, but no mud! Just 12 1/4 miles today. It's still up and down all day, but the elevation has leveled off a lot and it's not as grueling. Also, we are getting stronger and more mentally conditioned to what we're doing. Now when I get somewhere, I have the energy to go out and walk around.

    I realized our mindset toward walking had changed when Moriah said, "We don't have much farther to go. I mean, a few miles, but..."

    As we were walking through a city today an older man stopped us and asked if we were on the Camino. We told him we were and he began to give us directions. Of course, this was all in Spanish so we weren't certain that's what he was saying. We thanked him and then checked our map and, sure enough, somehow we had gotten off track. It was easy to get back on and we really hadn't gone out of our way, so no harm done. But what a kind man to stop and help us. The way is marked by yellow arrows but some are more clear than others. Usually one or the other of us sees the next one.

    We met another older man wearing a Basque beret as we were coming into Portugalete, who proceeded to tell us all the history of the place. He was really enjoying the audience and we only understood a few words!

    We are in an albergue again tonight, which is a hostel that is only for pilgrims. We're in a dorm situation and this room has 6 bunks (12 beds). It's co-ed but at least here the bathrooms are not shared, which they were at the other places we stayed. There are three rooms here so I don't know why they don't have one as all women, one as all men, and one for those that get here last. Of course, I don't run the place and no one asked me!

    In case anyone is interested, my blisters are turning into callouses.    Read more

  • TravelerCamino 2023
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    Day 17

    Gernika to Larrabetzu

    May 27, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

    I thought that this was going to be a pretty easy day, since it wasn't a very long distance - about 16.5 km, or a little over 10 miles. In fact I planned to start a little later than usual because I had planned to try to get a bed at the municipal albergue, and it didn't open until 3 pm.

    So I slept in a bit (until 8) and then had some breakfast with the Canadians. It was already starting to feel warm, so I started to wonder if a late start was such a good idea. Then I decided that maybe I should reserve a room somewhere since the municipal albergue only had 11 beds (or 20 depending on which guide I was reading). There was nothing available on booking.com, so I decided to send WhatsApp messages to the nearby Casa Rurales - there were no pensions or hotels in the area.

    Before I could even send the second message the first place replied that yes, there was a room available. So I set out for what I thought would be about a 4 hour walk. I immediately encountered some steep climbs, and the temperature was also rising. Just the day before I had been thinking about sending my umbrella to Santiago since there's a lot more shade on the Camino del Norte than on the mostly treeless stretches on the Camino Francés. I was so happy that I had it with me to protect me from the sun! By the end of my walking day the temperature had soared to 90°F. 🥵

    Adding to my exhaustion was that there were no little towns or other places to stop and take a rest. Though at one house I passed a woman had slices of watermelon and other fruit for sale. She invited me to sit while I ate my watermelon, but I was afraid that I wouldn't want to stand up again if I did!

    The casa rural where I had booked was very lovely, and the owner was really nice. But of course it was at the top of a steep hill! The owner provided dinner so at least I didn't have to walk down and then back up to eat.

    A couple of my Camino forum friends, Laurie and Clare are together on another Camino route, and they called me on a WhatsApp video call. It was great to see their faces and chat a bit, and Laurie confirmed that I had made the right choice by not staying at the public albergue since the dorm is in an attic type space with poor ventilation, which would have been horrible on such a hot day.    Read more

  • TravelerCamino del Norte
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    Day 11

    Jour 11 - Départ de Portugalete

    September 2, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Départ vers 7h30 de Portugalete. Le temps est beau, mais il va se couvrir peu à peu au fil de la journée.

    La sortie de la ville se fait sur des voies protégées vélo et piéton. C'est très bien car je traverse des zones industrielles et des nœuds autoroutiers. Ces voies sécurisées se prolongent un bon moment en dehors de la ville.Read more

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  • TravelerCamino 2023
    Day 18

    Larrabetzu to Bilbao

    May 28, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F

    This actually was a pretty easy day. There were some hills, but they were mostly in shade and it wasn't anywhere near as hot as yesterday. I walked most of the day with Kasha from Poland who I met a few days ago. It only took me a few hours to walk the short distance to Bilbao, so this was mostly a tourist day. When I did this route back in 2018 I didn't stay in Bilbao and only stopped long enough to have breakfast and take some pictures at the Guggenheim museum.

    After checking in to my hotel, showering and washing my clothes I received a message from Edna and Janice, two sisters from British Columbia who I had met in Markina. They came over to the old town area where I was staying and together we walked around the city, including walking all the way around the Guggenheim. We found a large plaza with pintxo restaurants all around and chose one that offered 10 pintxos and a bottle of wine for 30€. We ended up supplementing that with a few more pintxos for a total of five each. Each one is several bites, so it was plenty of food.

    Then we had to have a dessert that's a specialty of Bilbao called a Carolina, which is a small custard tart topped with meringue which looks like a soft serve ice cream cone. It was delicious!

    Sadly, many of the people that I've met so far are either ending their Camino this year in Bilbao (many people, especially Europeans do a section of a Camino every year), or they are spending two nights in Bilbao, so I'll no longer be in the same schedule.    Read more

  • TravelerMarokko 2019/2020
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    Day 3

    Sicedio En El Puente

    December 10, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Wir wollen mit der Metro zur Schwebebrücke an die Küste.
    Was wir nicht wussten, um 14:30 Uhr ist die Bahn total überfüllt. Für 13 Stationen bezahlt man pro Person nur 1,80 € , aber statt 20 min braucht die Bahn 60 min. Kein Sitzplatz, im Gedränge stehen, nur keine Panik.

    In Portugalete steigen wir aus und müssen noch den Berg runter. Dann sehen wir „Die Biskaya-Brücke (spanisch Puente (de) Vizcaya, baskisch Bizkaiko Zubia) ist eine Schwebefähre und als Weltkulturerbe von der UNESCO anerkannt. Sie ist die älteste Schwebefähre der Welt und noch heute in Betrieb.“

    Absolut beeindruckend!!!!    Read more

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