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- Jun 11, 2024, 12:00 PM
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 70 m
SpainBasque CountryGaldakaoBedia43°12’25” N 2°47’36” W
Day 51/52 - Deba to Bilbao

We found the magic path but have to admit there would have definitely been some expletives through uphill rocky razor roads, nettles and thorns with very few signs confirming we were moving in the right direction!!
We had a very friendly guard at Deba station who helped us purchase right tickets to Bilbao.
At Bilbao we headed into town and had a lucky find with a cafe that did fried eggs and bacon and toast.
We were both tired so headed for tourist information in the swirly burley of a new city.
We got credentials stamped and bought tickets from a mad machine, then headed for what we hoped would be our bus stop! However here we were given conflicting information with regards to which side of the street our bus went from. Both bus shelters were constantly full of people and conflicting information with regards to the routes. We gave up waiting and went to find a taxi. The taxi brought us to the furthest regions of Bilbao! Full of Suburbs and blocks of apartments. We were dropped off in Bilbao’s equivalent of Castle Vale in Brum! With flags hanging from every other window in support of athletico Bilbao!
Our tired and overwhelmed state of view didn’t help.
We located the apartment we had a room booked in and met Andres, an ethnic body builder Arnie who spoke no English.
We hid in our room for 40 mins trying to recover our wits , thinking ‘How did I get here?’
We took the decision to stick with it, grabbed up our laundry bag and headed out to meet our new community. Carefully, like Hansel and Gretel we followed the warren’s of alleyways to the lift that dropped us off the hill to the local town.
We discovered the local launderette, set our washing off and went to see what else was on offer!!
We ended up having a few beers at a local bar where we met friendly folk and decided our new mantra needed to be ‘Ride the river’!
We then had dinner at the local takeaway. Grabbed breakfast goodies at a supermarket and by some miracle found our way back to our comfortable room and slept well.
After breakfast we headed back on down to the local town, where Simon decided he was getting his hair cut- much to local barbers amusement!!
Then headed to the bus stop that we had identified the previous evening.
We have enjoyed a lovely day, rucksack free, taking in the Guggenheim museum, local fine art museum plus many other lovely sites ending up in the old town where we found food and wine before finding a taxi back in good time to sleep. Before hitting the road again tomorrow 💤Read more
Traveler Sounds like you did Bilbao proud and regained your mojo. Sleep well guys 🥰
Traveler This is making me excited for our upcoming Sapanish holiday. Sounds like it'd be good to spend a day in Bilao.