LP and VQT

 Posted by VQT Desk top souvenir of a bisonti.   Garden sized bisonti.   We took a taxi from Santander to Santillana Del Mar.  An expensive taxi ride - lol.  Coming into Santillana we saw statues etc of buffalo or bison or bisonti (in Spanish) and were quite baffled.  Our biased knowledge thought bison were only in the US.   We learn something new everyday.  Cave of Altamira.   Wow!    As most of our previous blog readers know we see no tourist attractions unless we happen upon them on the Camino.   As tempting as ancient cave drawings are we will not be wandering off the Camino route to see.  Maybe we will be fortunate enough to pass this way again as a tourist and can visit the cave at that time.   Buen Camino.  

 Posted by VQT.  Photo of first 1st breakfast.    Landed in Madrid and found our way to shuttle bus to get from International terminal to the domestic terminal.   Here we will get a train to get to the Charmartin train station.  LP and VQT have had our first 1st breakfast.  Fresh orange juice, tea and chocolate croissants.  

 Posted by LP - we are about to peregrinate in North Spain - “to travel or wander around from place to place, especially by walking” - because this is a plan delayed, it feels more of a thrill than ever - thank you friends and family members for all the love and support to get me through this year so far and ready for a new adventure - “not all who wander are lost”…let’s hope this is true!

 Map showing the Camino routes.   We will be walking part of Norte starting just to the left of Santander (route at top shown in red).  Just under the word Norte we will take the Primitivo route (shown as a light purple color) into Santiago de Compostela.  Our calculations show we will walk approximately 300 miles.   Today (Friday) we fly to Madrid arriving Saturday morning.  From Madrid we take a train for approximately 4 hours to Santander.  From there we’ll get a taxi to Santillana Del Mar where we will stay overnight.  On Sunday we start our walk    “We should all be grateful for the beauty of this world, but more, we should take the trouble to get off the bus of life and put the soles of our feet to the soul of the world and see those sacred sites with our own eyes”. Irish Poet.     Travel safely, travel soulfully, travel gratefully… Buen Camino.