Ngemuva kokuthenga uhambo lokuya eSpain enhlanganweni yezohambo, saqala ngokushesha ukuhlela amaholide ethu. Indawo esemqoka yendawo yethu yokuhlala kwakuwumuzi wePineda de Mar, etholakala ogwini lweCosta Brava eCatalonia. Kepha besifuna ukubona iSpain ehlukile, sabe sesinquma ukuhamba izinsuku ezimbalwa eBilbao futhi sivakashele ugu lwe-Atlantic Ocean.
EBilbao, sandiza endizeni esuka eBarcelona, sathenga amathikithi angabizi kakhulu avela eVouel elotic yendawo. Owokuqala ukunaka, uphuma esikhumulweni sezindiza e-Bilbao, umoya ohlanzekile ngendlela emangalisayo futhi entsha. Lokhu akumangazi, ngoba uBilbao uzungezwe yizintaba. Idolobha libonakala lisesitsheni. Ngasebhasini, sasuka esikhumulweni sezindiza siye enkabeni yedolobha futhi, ngokudlula emnyuziyamu we-gugegeim anikezelwe kubuciko besimanje, baya kofuna ihostela lethu.
UBilbao ungena endaweni ephethe igama lezwe leBasque. Lo muzi uhlanganisa ngokumangazayo ubukhulu bezakhiwo ezindala kanye nokwakhiwa kwanamuhla, okusanda kukhokha ukunakwa okukhethekile. Abathandi bezakhiwo ezingokomlando kumele babone ikhatho lesonto laseSt. James kanye neSonto LaseSt. Anthony, elenziwe ngesitayela se-Gothic. Kuyafaneleka ukuhamba emigwaqweni emiphakathi nomoya wokukhulumisana kanye nezinsuku zakudala. Kubuye kwenze umbono wokuthi uphume endaweni ethile e-England. Kunezitolo eziningi, amathofi, izindawo zokudlela, amabhange enkabeni yedolobha. Njengoba sasilapha ngo-Agasti, ngangiphumelela kakhulu ekuthengisweni kwezikhathi ezithile.
Kuyaqapheleka ukuthi cishe akekho oqondayo ezikhungweni zokupheka zasendaweni ngesiNgisi, ngakho-ke kwakudingeka ukuchaza ezingeni lokuthinta nokudonsa umunwe kumenyu.
Ngesikhathi sihlala eBilbao, sikwazile ukugibela esitimeleni, esiqukethe imigqa emibili, kanye nebhasi elinombhalo omangalisayo we-bilbobus. Konke kuhlanzekile kakhulu, kusesimweni esihle kakhulu. Kusesitimeleni ongasekuthobeni esiteshini sokugcina uPlenzia, bese ungena ogwini lwaseBiscay Bay. Lapha uzothola womabili amabhishi anamadwala asendle kanye nolwandle lwasedolobheni elinesihlabathi esithambile esiphuzi. Eduze kukhona amakhekhe nezindawo zokudlela lapho ungathola khona ukudla okulula.
Ubukhulu boLwandlekazi i-Atlantic, izakhiwo ezihehayo kanye nezintaba ezinhle kakhulu ezilinde wonke umuntu onquma ukuza edolobheni elihle laseBilbao. Vele, akuyona eyodwa hhayi izinsuku ezimbili ukuya lapha, ukuze ujabulele ngokugcwele ubuhle bale ndawo emangalisayo.