Bob and I left Bilbao on a rainy Monday by Flixbus. We got a great price — $79 for both of us. The bus was new and the seats were comfy but while GoogleMaps told us that a car ride from Bilbao, Spain to Porto, Portugal would be 6 hours our bus ride was scheduled (and did take) about 12. Yea, a whole lot of butt-in-seat time with a crew of four who did a whole lot of VERY LOUD talking to each other or their cell phones. We didn’t get many announcements for stops either, including the one we took to put more air in the tires and wash the bus. They did announce the “20” minute stop for lunch which actually lasted 50 minutes cuz what’s a good, long lunch without a smoke after? On the very upside, we got a great tour of the gorgeous northern Spanish coast and countryside — see below.
Anyhoo, it makes for a great story, and we arrived safely into Porto about 8. It was close to 9 by the time we walked to and checked into our accommodation, so we ended up grabbing dinner at the restaurant next door where we were staying. There, we had a good time trying to order from the proprietor in a mixture of English, Portugese, and Spanish. He was very nice, and Bob made a new friend, as he does in these situations.
The next morning we decided to walk to the Porto Beach, as we had not visited that area on our visit in September of 2016 prior to our Olhao, Portugal house sit. On the walk towards the coast we ended up walking from sun into coastal fog at the beach that didn’t clear until about 1:30.
Peckish Travels 