Hossegore

Finally I have the chance to add some more pictures that we took with our new 70s vintage Nikkormat deluxe...Picture are getting better, but we are obviously still working on it... William, input always welcome...gruss mattes

Test

The team +

On the way to France we met Deborah, Sunil and Kirian, who were taking a nice little BMW for a ride from BCN to San Sebastian...

Davide, Mareike, Kirian, Stefan, Sunil, Deborah, Mattes, Alejandro, Ammar

Biarrrrrritz

Vulcanoes in Olot

Back home in Barcelona, we still had the car for one more day so we decided to explore Barcelona´s north. Mainly, we saw the natural reserve of Montseny and hiked through the "shire" like countryside of Olot´s vulcanic region. In the pic you see one of the vulcanoe´s crater!!

La Rioja

A plan - some say its a list of things that wont happen!! After we left Galicia earlier than expected.. we decided to hit some wineries in La Rioja by bike... however, weather constraints and lack of a winery by bicycle culture killed that plan. Well, we still got some nice red wine and found a lovely host at Darien winery who just kept drinking with us, even the winery´s best wines, which we openly couldnt afford. Nice..

Santiago de Compostella

The city where many!! Caminos de Santiago (Jacobswege) enden! At the tomb of holy Jacob!! and where you can get a delicious cake...olé

Too much

Fighting coastal winds/storm with a small kite is dangerous! Resulting injuries explain the hoody mood afterwards..

La Costa

Playa de las catedrals

Coast of Galicia (cabo ortegal)

The trip went on faste than palnned due to bad weather. So we made it already to the stunning coast of Galicia,with some 600m cliffs going steep into the ocean. We slept at the feet of spectacular lghthouse at Cabo Ortegal, above the ocean and with a theoretical view over Carinos bay.

Bekloppt

Muak!!!!

Curdillero and Luarca, two of the most beautiful fishing towns, well know for its worldclass seafood.
Well, after this parillada de marisco, I was done with shellfish for some time, but hey, awsome!!

Beaches, Sun and Swimming

Only the hard ones get into the garden... -german saying-

Snow to Swim -

From the picos de Europa it takes only 40 minutes to get back to the atlantic coast - home of some of Spains nices beaches!! We really loved Asturias for its nature and free highways!! Also, we met up with Ammar and Alejandro for one more day.... beaches are between Llanes and Ribadella..

Garganta de cares

Probablz one of the highlights of the whole trip - La graganta de cares... one of Europes finest gorge. 8h walk along the river Cares that - over the years - has carved its way deep into the mountains. Spectecular views and unbelievable luck with the weather made this day unforgettable...