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Santillana del Mar, Spain
April 24, 2009
Filed under: Camino | Tags: albergue, Camino, cantabria, espana, pilgrim, pilgrimage, polanco, saint james, santander, santiago, spain
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Etapa 12: Santander to Polanco
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Distance: 28 km (17 miles)
Weather: Sunny and warm
Photos: 21
Notables: Sunny and warm weather and the three kind souls that offered their help.
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Etapa 11: Güemes to Santander
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Distance: 14 km (8.7 miles)
Weather: Cloudy on Camino, sunny in Santander
Photos: 7
Notables: Memories of Güemes albergue, big city aggravations
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Etapa 10: Laredo to Güemes
Monday, April 20, 2009
Distance: 31.2 km (19.3 miles)
Weather: Overcast along coast, sunny near Güemes
Photos: 34
Notables: Tres playas (three beaches), trail around point separating Playa de Berria and Playa de Noja, Güemes albergue
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Filed under: Recuerdos | Tags: Camino, cantabria, compostela, espana, james, pilgrimage, santiago, spain
Filed under: Camino | Tags: Camino, cantabria, castro-urdiales, compostela, espana, james, laredo, pilgrimage, santiago, spain
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Etapa 9: Castro-Urdiales to Laredo
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Distance: 28 km
Weather: Partly cloudy with light wind
Photos: 23
Notables: Eucalyptus forests, evidence of logging, walking through the construction boom of holiday villas, afternoon hike through the hills
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Etapa 9: Castro-Urdiales to Laredo
Distance: 28 km
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Weather: Partly cloudy with light wind
Photos: 23
Notables: Eucalyptus forests, evidence of logging, walking through the construction boom of holiday villas, afternoon hike through the hills
Filed under: Know Your Flags | Tags: bandera, Camino, cantabria, espana, flag, lábaro, saint james, santiago, spain
My eighth Camino etapa finally ushers in a new installment of Know Your Flags. I started April 18th, 2009 in the Basque Country but ended in Cantabria, the second of four Spanish autonomous communities on the Camino del Norte. Cantabria’s flag does not have its own name or nationalist meaning as the Basque Country’s but is deserving of a blog post nonetheless.
photo by santacrucero
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Etapa 8: Bilbao to Castro-Urdiales
Distance: 25.77 km
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Weather: Sunny & warm, turning cool & windy with light rain later
Photos: 37
Notables: Train to Muskiz, last view of Basque Country, trail around rocky coast
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