Jen and Dave's travels through Spain and Italy 2016

Monday, May 9, 2016

El camino Vasco -- with friends in Idiazabal

Our days with Steve and Axun and their boys have been packed with fun activities, many along the ancient Basque & Roman road where shepherds, pilgrims, and kings made their way from France and the sea through the mountains to central Spain.

In Donostia/San Sebastian:


Walking the trails through the hills above Idiazabal:


Watching the boys win their last soccer game of the season:

In Arrikrutz cave where they found the most complete cave lion skeleton in Europe - 35,000 years old - reconstructed for us:



In San Pedro where Basque whalers set off for the Canadian coast in the centuries before Columbus:





Climbing to the natural tunnel of San Adrian where the royal road passes through the crest of the mountains:




And always with great meals!