After several beers last night to get over the disappointment of being on a motorbike holiday without motorbikes we had a bit of a lie in. However, as soon as we'd remembered the buffet breakfast we were there quicker than the French running backwards.
We opted to eat at the captains table rather than the canteen, hut the queue was huge, that was until we realised that the queue to get out and pay was longer than the one to get in.
No longer having to consider our power to weight ratio on the bikes, we ate our own body weight in sausage, bacon, bread, mushrooms, eggs, you name it. Steve even managed to get some yogurts in.
It wasn't long then until we were due to dock, we hadn't booked a hire car yet as we were still in talks with BMW about what they could do and the wifi didn't support Apple devices, cause who has those, right?
When it came time to disembark, we realised that we couldn't carry all of our bags, helmets, leathers etc, so we had to wear them again. So we stood in a queue in full leathers and boots with the old dears waiting to get on their coach, Mark even had his helmet on! The old dears found this hilarious and mocked us constantly.
Luckily it was overcast so we wouldn't boil whilst walking the 1km walk to the hire car hire shops. The first place didn't have a car until tomorrow, another wanted us to practically buy their car, but luckily the third had one left.
Yes, it was a Fiat 500, can you believe it. Mark's bike actually has a larger cc engine than the car and just as much luggage space. Still, it was a car and we needed to get going, we had hotels booked still.
We left Santander and the sun came out, so we had a nice drive to Burgos, we even overtook a bunch of bikers, haha we'll show them. We were both getting to like our car, nice trim and seats, linked our phones to the sound system and so on. 24 hours ago, we were bikers in black leathers, dark visors and loud exhausts. Now we were coasting along at the speed limit in a blue Fiat 500, singing along to the radio.
We arrived in Burgos, and When Mark asked Steve why he'd picked this place, he said that it was because it's where the Spanish are famous for their awesome burgers. Really it was because Steve had read about a cathedral here that he wanted to visit.
We found the hotel and dumped the car, the receptionist laughed at our car and our story and then we went to the room. Awesome place, how is this hotel so cheap? Right in the middle of town, modern decor with massive rooms. Probably a discotheque next door or something.
We took a walk around and found the cathedral, Steve took so many pictures that he can probably 3D print a scale model if it when he gets home.
We then walked up to the castle which was closed, so sat and had a drink admiring the view. Steve had a wine, Mark had ice cream.
Afterwards we walked around the town, and sat and had some booze. A beer and a glass of wine cost 3.80 euros, bargain, we like this place. We watched the world go by for a couple of drinks and realised that we were really in Lilliput, as everyone was tiny!
Some rain fell which caused panic in the streets, the locals were all in trousers, coats, scarves etc. Whereas we were in tshirts and shorts like good tourists. It was due to be chilly tonight, and Mark hadn't packed any jeans or anything with sleeves apart from one shirt, looks like he may be wearing his leathers again tonight.
Back at the hotel, we showered and got changed before rolling out for food. We found an area that we dubbed tapas street where there was loads of amazing food that cost next to nothing. We did stop short of ordering the lambs testicles however.
After a few bars we noticed that we were being stalked by orientals, so we went into one place and snuck out of the toilet window. We then ended up in a dead end, this guy was closing his bar, stacking the chairs and pulling the shutters down but still tried to get us inside to have a meal. We high tailed it out of there and found a nice cideria to have a night cap in.
The guy who ran the place was really nice and gave us free samples of anything we pointed at, food, beers, olives... so Mark pointed at the cash till and a steve asked about his Audi outside. All this with two rounds of drinks came to 4.80 euros, we like this place.
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