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| Transporter Bridge, Bilbao |
After breakfast in the café and getting diesel, we sailed to Bilbao and Roger fished. The wind died so we motor sailed and anchored just outside Getxo Marina about 8.30 p.m. It was a very sheltered, peaceful anchorage.
The next day we went to Getxo and found a Vodafone shop to buy an internet modem. They were very helpful and told us what we needed, but then said they hadn’t got it! We got the metro to another shop and they hadn’t got one either. We then got the metro to Bilbao and arrived at the shop just as they were closing for lunch at 1.30 p.m. and didn’t really want to serve us, but said they hadn’t got one. The shops wouldn’t be open until 5.30 so we decided to give up and try again in Santander. The shops won’t phone other Vodafone shops for us, as they are franchised.
We took two large bags of washing to the Getxo Marina, where there were two very small washing machines, one of which was in use already. We put one small load on to wash and went to find somewhere to change the gas bottle, to be told the nearest was 3 kilometres way! We had a drink waiting for the washing, but in the meantime someone had locked the door to the facilities, and as we were not moored in the Marina, we didn’t have a key. I found the Capitaneria and managed to get the door unlocked. The washing took two hours, so we decided to leave the rest until we got to Santander.
It had been quite an unsuccessful day and felt in need of a nice Basque meal, but there were very few restaurants, and they were very expensive, catering for tourists rather than the excellent Basque cuisine, so we went for the cheap option of a Buffet Chinese at 8.50 euros each.
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