Al has one of those screen savers at work that beautiful scenic pictures pop up on. One day Gaztelugatxe Islet popped up. He thought, Wow where is that and then he found out it was in Spain. It turned out we were sorta close to it.

We knew we had to take a bus out of Bilbao and that they ran every half hour or so. We found the bus stop the night before and checked out exactly where to be and when.

Next morning we joined a long line in front of a Starbucks and jumped on Bus 3518 out of Bilbao.

Our bus ride took about 35 minutes to get to Bizkaia and cost 5E for the two of us. I used my AllTrails app to find our way to the trail once off the bus. It was about 3 miles, up hills and down, it seemed mostly up. Beautiful walk, very rainy but the coast is amazing. There were even surfers out in the water.

We just kept going up until finally we were there. They had a little store and a picturesque cafe with an upscale restaurant. There was no booth to collect tickets or anything.

Then the long walk down to the land bridge. It was steep going. There were seats along the way for resting. Believe me. We used those on the way back.

Then the long long climb up, I really didn’t think I could do it. It was kinda scary to me. 239 stairs!! Over the ocean!! On a cliff!! Later my activity tracker told me that day, I climbed 108 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS!!

It was incredible, there have been several things on this trip that I actually didn’t think I could do. Having Al’s support and patience I have overcome these challenges and surprised myself.

Going down the stairs was just as tough as going up and we still had to go up the long steep path to the beginning. We stopped at the cafe for some pintxos and Radlers, once fortified we headed on our 3 miles back to the bus stop.

It was an amazing day and I would definitely recommend anyone in the area to go and see Gaztelugatxe. Bizkaia is just beautiful. They have a lovely town and beach.

Tomorrow, we leave Bilbao.. until then be well