Day No. 27 - ... and it got worse - Bilbao

You know those days, you think it can't get any worse and yes, of course it did. The day had actually started well. But it's actually like the little sister of shit.

You know what I mean? But today's blog should start on a positive note:

After our tour yesterday, we arrived at the Sopelana campsite. This campsite is not only beautifully situated above the sea, but also had a metro station within walking distance and therefore ideal transport links to Bilbao. But there is something else that we find particularly remarkable about this campsite. Over the last few weeks, we have seen a number of beautiful campsites, but the sanitary facilities almost always left something to be desired. This campsite is completely different: here we find a relatively new, clean, modern and, last but not least, tasteful sanitary building. It is also bright and friendly. We've never seen anything like it on our tour before. It makes showering in the morning fun. 

Clean, a delicious coffee in my stomach, nothing can go wrong. - There it was again, our actual plan: everything works fine as far as Bilbao. We reached the metro within 10 minutes, supposedly bought the right tickets, but when we arrived in Bilbao, the barrier at the station wouldn't let us out. - But we find a way out. 

But from here, the disaster took its course. Everything looked good, we found our destination, the Apple Store, and even a German-speaking, dedicated employee. - But the information we received here dampened our good mood. A trifle, the loose contact on my display, cannot be repaired here or anywhere else within a 400-kilometer radius. The next repair option would have been in Madrid. The estimated processing time in Madrid is around one week. Alternatively, there is the option of sending in the MacBook. The processing time would then be around 14 days. - In the end, we decide to buy a new MacBook in the hope of being able to restore the data via a backup. This is one of those moments when you realize once again how dependent we have become on digital tools. We couldn't even make a bank transfer without technology. At this moment, I remember Thorsten's words: "Most companies have customers, Apple has fans." - Being a fan feels like shit right now.

Thankfully, Marco, our German-speaking fan advisor, recommends a nice bar around the corner called Brass in Poza Lizentziatuaren Kalea - we eat a few pintxos, cold tapas, and drink a glass of txakoli, a regional white wine, to fortify ourselves. This bar is definitely worth a recommendation. Next, we make our way to the Guggenheim Museum. If I, we (this time I deliberately put I in front) had simply googled it beforehand, or rather used common sense, we might have realized that most museums are closed on Mondays. - Including the Guggenheim.

I've had enough of the negative energy, so we make our way home. But first we buy something sweet at "Nietos de Martina de Zuricalday", a well-known confectioner in town. - Later, I sit in front of Hector in the sun and try to back up the old computer. Whereby old computer is ironic, because it's from December 2018. I wish I'd taken out AppleCare. But the old one lasted so long that I trusted the technology. As soon as frustration gets the better of me, I shove a sweet Ferkelei in my mouth. Sweet instead of sour. Very tasty and yet...

...all in all a not so happy day. - Nevertheless, I learned a lot: on the way home, there was an old woman sitting next to us in the metro. She was already finding it difficult to walk and was dependent on a stick and the help of others. But there was another person at her side, probably her son. Also somewhat older. - But it wasn't the son who was looking after the mother, it was the mother who was looking after her handicapped "child". - Sometimes it takes images like this to make us realize how insignificant our problems are. We are not only doing well, we are doing very, very well. Thank you to everyone who contributes to this. 

Insight of the day: "Everywhere we are is up. And if we should ever be down, then down is up"