We left our albergue at Guemes early at 6:30. We decided not to wait for the communal breakfast from 7 to 8:30. We wanted to get the first ferry at 10 to Santander. We were told that it was about 13 k from Guemes to the port of Somo on the coast. We arrived early, although we stopped for coffee along the way The ferry took us to Santander. It cost 2.50 euros each.
Ferry to Santander
Main avenue through Santander
George treating us to thick hot chocolate with chorros
Santander is a large city with blocks of stores and restaurants and hotels. We stopped at A Valor chocolate shop where George introduced us to thick hot chocolate with chorros. We indulged and had enough chocolate with enough caffeine to power us to our final destination, Bezano 9k from Santander.
I found a paper at the albergue at Guemes describing rooms at the pension Nimon. I contacted Monserrat, the owner, and booked us rooms. We have had good luck finding information on places to stay through the albergues. We each paid $15 euros. Stu and I in a double and George a single. This included breakfast. The pension turned out to be an apartment with a kitchen and 2 bathrooms and 4 bedrooms. Nothing like a hot shower followed by a cat nap while reading a favorite book.
Farm Land
Hostess Monseratt
Walking across the railroad bridge
Walking across the railroad bridge |
Stu uses MotionX-GPS on the iPhone and is sharing with you the following track:
Includes ferry trip Somo to Santander
Name: | Bezana | |
Date: | May 25, 2013 6:19 am | |
Map: (valid until Nov 23, 2013) | View on Map | |
Distance: | 27.6 kilometers | |
Elapsed Time: | 7:23:42 | |
Avg Speed: | 3.7 km/h | |
Max Speed: | 17.2 km/h | |
Avg Pace: | 16' 03" per km | |
Min Altitude: | 0 m | |
Max Altitude: | 101 m | |
Start Time: | 2013-05-25T04:19:48Z | |
Start Location: | ||
Latitude: | 43º 26' 53" N | |
Longitude: | 3º 38' 44" W | |
End Location: | ||
Latitude: | 43º 26' 27" N | |
Longitude: | 3º 53' 42" W |
It's always nice to have a photo of family breaking the law in another country.Cheers! SIS
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