Blogs from Cantabria, Spain, Europe - page 7

After a surprising peaceful sleep, considering Becca and I were sharing a large hotel room with 4 small rowdy sugar fueled Spanish children; the Saturday breakfast spread was incredible. Not only did the spread have a large amounts of Spanish traditional breakfast items; like anything chocolate for kids :) , but large slices of fresh baked bread and olive oil, or potato tortilla, to a more traditional English breakfast of bangers and mash and a huge fruit spread. Carlos and Natalia had told me in advance that the breakfast spread was amazing and i was glad to say I was not disappointed. lol After breakfast we rounded up the kids and Carlos and Natalia let me know that we were going to go on a walk in the Picos de Europa National Park which was just ... read more

September 15th So today was just a typical day, got the kids ready, took them to school, and picked them back up again. It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to one of the many beaches in Santander. We end up at the Playa del Bikini on the Magdalena Peninsula, home to the English-style Magdalena Royal Palace. The Magdalena Peninsula is a 69 acre peninsula located near the entrance to the Bay of Santander in the city of Santander, Cantabria along the north coast of Spain. At the entrance of the bay of Santander, there is a small peninsula that is called La Magdalena. It has a beach and a park that is opened to the public, and it is very popular during summer. In the middle of the peninsula is a hill ... read more

Only after less than 9 hours of meeting my spanish host family: the "Camara's". After finally meeting the family I've been in contact with for the 2 months through email and one skype call from over the Atlantic Ocean, we immediately leave the new city of Santander for the countryside. Our destination was the northern spanish countryside. In particular Llerana, Saro, Cantabria. Carlos has a family reunion in this beautiful small village. Immediately I'm estatic about seeing some of the Spanish countryside, but a little nervous on a family reunion. Knowing ahead of time that Carlos's family is quite large in size, I was a little intimidated due to the prior knowledge that Spaniards are loud and close knit families... However, the trip was great! We stayed in this amazingly beautiful hotel Casona D Llerana. The ... read more

Geo: 43.3856, -4.29151As great as Santander is, one of the best things about the city is its proximity to a number of great little towns that are perfect for day tripping. I originally planned to visit Comillas last year, but at the last minute decided to visit Santillana del Mar instead. So Comillas was the choice today! I had an idea of finding a way to visit both Comillas and San Vicente de la Barquera, but the bus connections are terrible once off season hits. If I stick to the original plan, I'd only have two-three hours in each town. So the only options are to spend a few hours in each town, or the entire day in one of them. But ... Comillas was too pretty to stick around for only a couple of hours, ... read more

Bilbao se stvarno pokazao kao super grad, pored toga sta ima jednu od najmocnijih gradjevina Muzej primenjenih umetnosti, ovo je jos jedan alternativan grad , gde se uvece skupila po barovima u uskim ulicam centra skroz neka super ekipa i tako cirkala sedeci po trotoarima. Inace Bilbao je na moru ali ga tu nismo videli jer se grad siri duboko u kopno uz reku gde se i nalazi centar grada. Tu prolazi gomila hodocasnika na putu za Santjago, i najzad nismo jedini backpackeri, a svaki put kad sretnemo nekog od njih srce nam se steze sto ne mozemo sa njima jer smo kratki sa vremenom i ne bi smo stigli na volonterski kamp u Porugalu, ali kako sad planiramo pridruzicemo im se u Oviedu odakle ostaje nekih 350km pesacenja. posle prvog spavanja u krevetu i dorucka ... read more