Wynette: On this trip we have walked through several regions of Spain. (Here is a map of the regions of Spain.) Most regions contain a number of provinces.
On April 3 we started walking in the Basque region of Navarra. After crossing Navarra, we passed through small La Rioja. Then huge Castilla-Leon. And today (Friday, May 10) we entered Galicia, the region that contains Santiago.
The Galician people have Irish/Celtic roots. Galicia is beautiful, hilly, lush green like Ireland. The high mountain town we are sleeping in tonight (May 10) is called O’Cebreiro. The primary language spoken here is Galician. But most speak Spanish as well. Many here, as in the Basque region and Catalonia, want to be an independent country, not a part of Spain.
