Todd Emerson
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- May-June 2018
May-June 2024
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Thank you, you too!I've nothing positive to advise you Todd, but as we'll be walking the del Norte in mid-June (after the via podiensis) I am watching this forum with bated breath (well bated taste buds actually). Hope you have a great camino!
I'm looking for recommendations of anything food related that we should not miss on our camino.
Hi Todd,
On the Norte you are in the foodie paradise. My mouth is watering right now thinking of all the amazing places my husband and I enjoyed last autumn on our Camino to Santiago.
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One of the best experiences and the best meal I had on the Norte was in the private home of a sculptor who initially invited us into his garden to stamp our credencials.
I 'm wondering if you have any info about getting your backpack carried on Northern Camino from Irun to Bilbao. MarianHi, I walked the Norte with 2 friends. Each day we would try and stop at a place with a restaurant around 1pm or 2pm (sometimes it was 3pm), so we could enjoy the Menu del Día.
The food is really good on the Norte.
We often had to look up the Spanish words on the menu, as there is not much English on the Norte, so have a good food dictionary available online or offline.
We would then walk on for another hour or two (to walk off the wine!), and stop about 5pm or 6pm.
By the time we had showered, etc, we would then head out again about 8pm for tapas.
Incidentally, we had a ban on using our smartphones when together in restaurants and bars (unless to look up an item on the menu). Occasionally, if there was no free wifi where we were staying, we would agree on a half hour use only, sometime during the evening, usually during a lull in the conversation. If we were with other pilgrims then phones were totally banned for the whole evening.
Jill
Just wondering if you know of any company who will transport backpacks on Northern Camino from Irun to Bilbao
The first week of the Norte is a real treat from a food standpoint. Yeah, the world is your oyster in San Sebastian and Bilbao, but even the small towns will serve up superb Basque cuisine if you are willing to wait till eight or nine for the restaurant to open. We had the best menu del dia at a picnic table under a tent at asador zubi ondo in zarautz. It's the first place you encounter walking into town. Restaurant Urgain in Deba served a superb dinner with fine wine. Really good service from the owner and head chef who takes pride in his work. One of the best foie gras I ever tried. Brasserie Turcano in Castro urdiales, produced the best plate of grilled veggies with romesco, like, ever. It's on the main strip in the old town, where I suspect you can't get a bad meal.
Enjoy!
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