Up early and headed to the islands of Islas Cies part of the National Park of Atlantic Islands of Galicia. It wasn´t great weather so we spent the day walking from one point of the island to the other, all in all we probably covered about 10km, most of it uphill. The views were well worth the climb and the photos are pretty speccy (being quite unprepared for mist and fog, I wore flip flops planning on a beach day so I´m amazed I made it up there at all), so w...

Breakfast by the river and then headed up to the tourist office to find some info on walks in the national park. The woman who in her words ´spoke little English´ proceeded to give us a detailed analysis of all the walks in the entire park. The maps were amazing and it really put the Picos de Europa´s tourist info service to shame. So, if you´re ever passing through there make a stop, Ponte da Barca Turismo - the dog´s balls of info centr...

Last night in Spain, stayed at a lovely beach near Cangas in a tiny hamlet called Aldán. Dinner and wine on the beach watching the sunset. Does life get any better than this?

Another island trip today. Illa de Arousa (Galician way of saying Isla) a gorgeous island with pretty little coves and freezing water like the whole of the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal. Played some beach tennis to get warm enough to face a dip in the water. None of the beach showers worked so we finally got to use the solar shower we´ve been lugging around with us for the last three weeks, basically a black bag with a small hose and minute shower head on...

Another island trip today. Illa de Arousa (Galician way of saying Isla) a gorgeous island with pretty little coves and freezing water like the whole of the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal. Played some beach tennis to get warm enough to face a dip in the water. None of the beach showers worked so we finally got to use the solar shower we´ve been lugging around with us for the last three weeks, basically a black bag with a small hose and minute shower hea...