Getxo

Last week, I went to Getxo with three Spanish girls in my tandem group, the group outside of the class. It was AMAZING!

Since we got here, we are always complaining about the hills and stairs in Bilbao. But in Getxo, there are actually escalators on the street!!! There are like six or seven! I was sooo excited to see that after climbing up hills and stairs everyday.

we are taking the escalators :)

El Puente Colgante

Then we went to see the Puente Colgante, a huge bridge made of steel. The bridge itself looked like the history of Bilbao. When I saw it, I could easily picture what Bilbao was like when it was still an industrial city. The girls told me that it was built so high because some ships here are huge. To across the bridge, people have to take a thing like a bus hanging on the bridge. It was so cool that people, bicycles, motorcycles and cars can all get onto the bus. It was only 0.35 cents for a person, and around 2.5 euros for cars (I don’t really remember now, could be wrong). And it accepts creditren! Well, I guess it is a part of the public transportation here, a very cool one. The girls told me that people live here have to take the bus everyday because there’s no other bridge nearby. Unfortunately, the battery of my camera ran out when we were on the bus, so I don’t have pictures after this.

the bus thing

After crossing the river by that bus thing, we walked along the river to a small beach where a group of children kicking football, barefoot! I guess the people in Spain do love football a lot.

On our way back, Dorleta and I went up to the top of the bridge by elevator. The top of the bridge is now only for tourists. Only the bus part is for actual daily commuting. It was awesome up there, though a little scary because I could actually see the river under through the gap between the planks. The views were fantastic, but again, my battery died so I don’t have any photo :( We went down the same way just because we all wanted to take a small boat (or ferry?) back. It was only 30 cents and actually very fast :)

Oh! There’s another thing! I danced with Guillermo yesterday! lol