George to the doggie dude ranch, temporary quarters in the outback dog prison. Off we go to Stansted Airport north of London in our Europcar Rental. Perfect ride, but the Airport is a different story. Stansted is the most modern airport in all the UK. As luck would have it, the Airport computer systems were all shiny side down. This resulted in all airlines processing flights, baggage and customers manually. Delays ensued. We arrive in Bilboa around 9:30 pm. We get the rental car on the road about three hours late headed in the wrong direction from our destination of Vitoria, Spain. Somewhere on the north coast of Spain, we stop at an “autostrada” ( interstate café ). In our broken Spanish and English we get directions to our destination of Vitoria. We got back on the “Camino de Dinero”. Our made up name for the toll road. After a wild night time drive through the mountains we found our way to our destination.
What a trip into Vitoria, we drive around looking for “old town” or “city center” on a Saturday night We stop on a corner in the heart of old town. It’s closing in on midnight and there are thousands of people on the streets. It reminded me of a bourbon street scene. We eventually quizzed some friendlies who played the lead dogs and drove by the Calle de Dato near the train station where our hotel was located. Long story short. We were parked and checked in at the Hotel Dato . By 1am we are dining at the Casa Blanca Café. There are hundreds of people on the wide pedestrian street “Dato”. All ages of people. After ham & egg basque sandwiches, beer and many wines, we’re wore out and asleep at 3am. Good end to this travel day.
Sunday we walked, talked and visited with Spain and concluded the big day in Vitoria at the “XIXILU”, pronounced “see see loo”, it’s a great basque Restaurant. Basque food is very hearty, a lot of it and good. These are manly meals. As far as I can tell, northern Spain life revolves around lots of talking, living, eating and drinking. We can take it. It’s very nice. The life style is totally different than any place we’ve been and we really enjoyed it ....
see ya,
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