On this journey of discovery to Northern Spain Andrew and Kim learn that this is about as far as it is possible to get away from the typical tourist image of the country. Visiting the quasi independent autonomous communities of Galicia and the Basque Country, which are designated 'historical communities', and the delightful province of Cantabria they find the 'green' Spain, which is where the Spanish people themselves prefer to take their holidays and shrewdly keep this coast a secret from the barbarian hordes from the north.