Days 57-61 (Oct 25th to Oct 28th) - Barcelona to Bilbao to Potes
Day 57 (Oct 25th) (7.92 km) - Barcelona to Bilbao: After having survived the Barcelona metro the day before, we decided to brave it again to get to the main railway station in Barcelona where we would catch the train to Bilbao. Success. We arrived with enough time for breakfast and a bag check. Yep, here you have to have a bag check, as you do at an airport, before you catch one of the fast trains. It was rather lovely to have close to 7 hours doing basically nothing. I read a bit, played some games, looked out the window and did some of my blog. Pete continued reading Don Quixote. We passed much drier country than we seen before and some parts with incredible topography. Hard to describe and the train was really going too fast for many photos. Enough to make me want to come back and visit the north-eastern part of Spain. Once we neared Bilbao though, the countryside was noticeably greener. Apparently the climate in this part of the country is n...