May 2008
6 posts
The Land of Fish and Rain
I wanted to share some photos from the actual Camino so you guys can get an idea of what this rainy, seafood blessed land looks like. It really seems more like Ireland than Spain, full of light haired, blue eye Gallego speaking farmers. I highly recommend the trip to anyone; you live out of a backpack for anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months, share amazing times with amazing people and I guarantee...
Living Like a Pilgrim/Bum
I returned a few days ago from a 220-kilometer pilgrimage in the Northwestern Spanish province of Galicia. The pilgrimage is called Camino a Santiago de Compostela and is the oldest known religious pilgrimage in the world. You can start from just about anywhere since there are routes that run to Santiago—the capital of Galicia and the end destination of all the Caminos—from Portugal, various parts...
San Sebastian Day 4 - I Found France
After the beautiful disaster that was the sideria we all slept in and relaxed while checking out of the room. I packed up my bag and hung around in the kitchen chatting with the terrible, swamp creature-like scented but warm-hearted woman who ran the hostel. She was cooking some slender clam-ish things I never saw before and as soon as I inquired what they were, she heated up a pan and made me a...
San Sebastian Day 3 - Cidra Massacre
The third day of my trip made me certain that San Sebastian was heaven. On our final night we decided that a trip to a sidreria was necessary. We were going to try and go the day before, but after returning from our hike and the bum beach it was too late to venture outside of the city to find one. Good thing, because a trip to the sideria is definitely the best way to say goodbye. The day started...
San Sebastian Day 2 - How to enjoy the beauty like...
After tallying up the previous nights damage to my wallet I decided to take it easy on the pinxtos—they can get a bit expensive after 15 or so. It was a good idea; day 2 was for exploring, hiking and seeing what the city had to offer. Of course I’d sampled some more delights in the evening, but I think it’s more interesting to elaborate on the picnics of the day. After sleeping off the sidra, I...
San Sebastian Day 1 - Food Foreplay/Everyone has a...
I made it back alive. I didn’t want to come back, but I did. Besides San Sebastian stealing my heart, it provided me with more delicious food and drink than I have ever had the delight of sampling before. Everything was amazing and for whatever reason almost all the men had ridiculous beards or mustaches. I left for Pais Vasco with big expectations and they were all shattered. This is one place...