Playa Larrabasterra

So, one weekend we're skiing and the next we're at the beach. Since Cade hasn't posted in a while, we decided we'd split this entry up into halves, so I'll do the first part and he'll do the second.

So, for my part:

The last couple have days have been absolutely beautiful, no-cloud-in-the-sky weather. On Friday, we decided not to waste the day and took a subway excursion to Larrabasterra, which is a huge surfer hot spot and a beautiful beach along the Bay of Biscay. It only took about 45 minutes and 1 euro to get there, which is why I love the transportation system here because anything that's connected to Bilbao along the subway system is easily accessed and very cheap.

We started out the afternoon with a few people from Ireland and a girl from Tennessee, and spent a few hours in the sun on the beach. The two boys decided they'd be extra adventurous and went for a swim. Now, keep in mind that this is FEBRUARY, and it was definitely jacket weather. But that didn't stop the Texan and the Irishman, who surged into the water wearing nothing but shorts. I think they were the only ones on the beach who did so, because most everyone else was in a bodysuit for surfing. While they had their fun, the ladies stayed on the beach and watched the craziness, which is all documented in our photo album.

After the boys got out and warmed up, we took a hike up the mountain to some breathtaking scenic views that overlooked the water. Beaches don't look like that in Texas, at least not any I've ever seen. We stayed up there for a while, watched the sun start to set, and then hiked back down the mountain to meet up with our other friends on the other side of the beach. Now, it's Cade's turn.

-Bana :)


Well, like she said, we went down off the mountain to the other side of the beach to meet what's quickly becoming the Crew. These are the ERASMUS people that we've been spending most of our time hanging out with.

The beach on the other side was nice, but had a lot of debris scattered on the beach that washes up with the night tide. I guess you could say it was more of a natural beach than the other side (if you didn't get that I'm not explaining it to you). Needless to say, neither us, nor the rest of the Crew, were expecting just how natural that beach was. Anyway, on the way out we found this giant sand bar and thus commenced being 4 year old children playing and jumping around in the sand. Definitely check out the pictures of this. There are some really good ones.

After that we headed back to Bilbao for a much sought after Telepizza (kind of like Pizza Hut).

Overall it was a very good Friday afternoon trip to the beach.

-Cade