Friday July 12 Sunny + cloudy Portugalete to Pobeña 10km 7:00 woke up 8:15 on the camino after breakfast walked next to cycling track all the way to La Arena. 10:40 arrived at La Arena had snacks. we decided to have a relaxing day at the beach today. after a few drinks, lay down on the beach. I was the only one in shade..:) took a nap a bit on the beach and head to albergue. 14:15 there were a lot of pilgrims waiting for the door to be opened. 15:00 the...

Thursday July 11 Sunny Lezama to Portugalete 16km + 30 mins on metro 6:45 woke up had some fruits as breakfast at the albergue. then to bar for fresh orange juice, cafe con leche & chocolate croissant. 8:15 on the camino had to walk on very industrial area for 3 km and entered the nature for a while. 11:00 took a break at the cafe and had coffee flappe. 1 km away from centre of Bilbao walked around in Bilbao and bought bikini top and sleeping bag mattr...

Wednesday July 10 Sunny + clouds Gernika to Lezama 23km 6:00 woke up 7:15 on the camino breakfast was not enough so I stopped at the bar for coffee and croissant. a lot of familiar faces, Nico, french father & daughter, passed by. took a break here and there. 12:00 arrived at Larrabetzu. Julia was having drinks at the bar. I joined her and had an ice cream:) we walked together till Lezama. it was just continuation of Larrabetzu, all paved road. 13:3...

Tuesday July 9 Sunny~~! Markina-Xemein to Gernika 26km 6:30 woke up 7:30 on the camino the girl who took the bed above me came back to albergue at around midnight. as the door was locked she rang the bell a few times and woke everybody up! she cut the line when the hospitaleiro started to take registration. what a girl! as there is no cafe open at this time, decided to walk 5km for breakfast. 8:40 arrived at the village. they said the bar will open at 9, so...

Monday July 8 Sunny and Hot!! Deba to Markina-Xemein 26km 6:15 woke up 6:45 left albergue and had breakfast at the pasteria. 7:15 on the camino there are two route in today's etapa but the one is closed. hospitaleiro drew a map for us. I got confused as it was different from the route but luckily a few pilgrims showed up. met Nicole a French boy and French father and daughter walking together. we walked together for a short while. took a break at the fount...