The bus from Bilbao was 90 minutes and only 4.30€. Sightseeing in Santander for Saturday, we should have left Sunday as the town shut down for the day. But we were checked in for two nights. Went to the 50's diner for dinner both nights and had - burgers, chicken fingers and chocolate shakes. It was just below our hotel and it opened at 8pm for dinner!

The Spanish schedule is not condusive to a pilgrims life. We get up early and struggle to find a cafe open for coffee(for the people I walk with). Then we stop for lunch and arrive at the hostel at 2pm - just as every one is closing for siesta. Everything is closed from 2pm to 5pm, so if we can get into the hostel before 4pm, which is unusual, we have to wait until 5pm to buy the food for the next day or supplies to fix your blisters. The stores are open from 5pm to 8pm (9pm in the city) and then dinner doesn't start until 9pm (8pm when we are lucky) because lights out at the hostel is 10pm. SILENCE! And it all starts again the next day!