Day: April 25, 2018

Even the grass was beautiful.

There were so many amazing views on the trail today it is hard to pick a few. This was kind of a huge tide pool. Santander it the distance.

A guide to pronunciation. And a lovely town it is. Too nice to stay only one day.

Reflection. Just off the ferry in Santander.

Post by Wynette: In a previous post I said “we scrambled through and over some boulders.” I should have said “we literally scrambled through and over.” Charlie snapped this photo before squeezing through the hole. I was too busy worrying how I’d get through that I forgot to take a photo of him squeezing through. Charlie said it wasn’t easy (with pack). I decided to scramble over. That wasn’t easy either, at least for me. I was about half way finished with the hard part when some young pilgrims came flying past me.

Post by Wynette: We saw lots of pilgrims on today’s walk. Maybe 25 or 30. You see various ways people choose to deal with the rain.

We had wonderful fried eggs and sesame seed toast at a hip bar/restaurant in Somo, a “laid back surfer town” according to our guide, and just a ferry ride from Santander. These were on the bathroom doors.

Post by Wynette: We ended up with an amazing B&B here in the large city of Santander. It’s named Jardín Secreto which means Secret Garden. We have a little balcony looking out onto the secret garden. All for only 55 euros a night! So… we decided to stay two nights. We really like what we’ve seen so far of Santander. We look forward to spending another day here. Our first two-night stop on this trip.

Post by Wynette: We walked 7.6 miles today, most of it along this headland. Another ooh and aah day. Some of it in light rain that didn’t bother us too much. We ended the walk scrambling through and over some boulders on a little beach and then walking the final two miles on wet sand on a very long beach. A great day of walking.

From the beach we took a cute little ferry across the bay into Santander. The 3 or 4 mile ferry ride is considered to be part of the Camino, as was the one we took a few days ago from Laredo.