Share: Bars/Restaurants, Burguete, Camino Francés, Food, Hemingway, Pyrenees, Roncesvalles, Valcarlos Route The Sun Also Rises in Burguete August 23, 2021 grousedoctor On my second trip across the Pyrenees, I took the Valcarlos Route and had reservations for the night at the Hostel Burguete. Since crossing the...
Share: Bars/Restaurants, Food ¡A Café Con Leche A Day Keeps The Doctor Away! July 12, 2021 grousedoctor Spanish coffee is the best! What’s even more impressive is that even the smallest of cafés offers high quality food and drink. To a Spaniard,...
Share: Camino Inglés, Food, Galicia Pimientos de Padrón April 12, 2021 grousedoctor One of my favorites treats with any meal in Spain is a nice place of just fried Pimientos de Padrón. Although a specialty of Galicia, we’ve been...
Share: Camino Francés, Countryside, Food, Rioja A Fall Camino? Absolutely! March 31, 2021 grousedoctor Most years we travel to Spain to walk in the spring. Schedules being what they were in 2019, we headed back for an October Camino. Weather was...
Share: Bars/Restaurants, Betanzos, Camino Inglés, Food, Galicia The Best Tortilla Española February 26, 2021 grousedoctor We’ve been fortunate to try the tortilla española all along The Way. One of the treats of walking the Camino Inglés would be the opportunity to...
Share: Bars/Restaurants, Food, Madrid La Concha – So Typical, Yet Also Very Special February 13, 2021 grousedoctor After any Camino, I like to spend a few extra days in Spain decompressing and processing my walk. Two nights in Santiago is a minimum to enjoy...
Share: Camino Portugés, Food, Pontevedra, Slow City Hostel Más Pulpo, por favor! January 25, 2021 grousedoctor Our stay in Pontevedra was one of our favorites. Not only did we have excellent accommodations at the Slow City Hostel, but we also had one...