Bilbao isn´t much of a popular tourist destination but after spending a fabulous evening and day there I have to say I´m surprised at this. Everything went pretty smoothly for us upon arrival despite it not being a particularly `tourist friendly´ airport and town, something I´ve not experienced before so was grateful to be in Nico and Kelly´s company as they´re a bit more travel savvy having travelled a bit of Europe already. The town itself was beautiful and clean, the old town especially having loads of charm with all the narrow streets and cute apartments with garden boxes and wooden shutters lining the alleys. We managed to successfully order some tapas or as they call them in the Basque country, Pintxos. It wasn´t a particularly amazing bar but we were just pleased to be able to order food without feeling too intimidated by the staff or clientele, gesticulation certainly goes a long way. A bar hop elsewhere meant the discovery of a far superior looking spread of food across the bar and an english speaking bar tender but there is no challenge in there was to be no complaints about our original choice of bar. Day 1 in Spain was certainly a pleasurable experience and we were all excited to see some more of Bilbao in daylight so home to our triple room we went.
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