Been to Bilbao to see some ex-Canadian's art gallery - amazing transformation to a city that is basically a bigger Hamilton - based on steel mills and a port. It does have some pretty neat old buildings though, that make a difference.

From there into the surprising mountains in a tiny village called Potes which is near one of 4 most important religious sites in the world (presumably for Catholics) with Rome, Jerusalem and Santiago de Compostella, and we didn't know it when we hiked through it (and the tour buses).

Then off along the coast with amazing scenery mixed with heavy industry belching out stuff. And onto Santiago itself, where the biggest church we have ever seen, with the gaudiest interior, awaits the millions at the end of their pilgrimage. Pretty stunning to see.

Have now reached Oporto in northern Portugal, where we can't even pretend to speak the language. It is an incredible city, tumbling down to the water and to the Port houses on the other side. A big campground by the beach within biking and bussing distance. You have not been on a bus until you have driven through Porto in one!