Hola,
We just had 2 nights in Yolanda’s apartment, which didn’t do justice to the city of Bilbao but we were not in a position to spend more time there. When looking at the location of her apartment I was a little concerned that we’d be spending a lot of time walking to get anywhere but as it turned out the location is very central, Googleheim (sic) in one direction and the old city in the other and the CBD just across the bridge. The old city provides a very vibrant and social place to visit any time of the day or night and is a must visit.
We had arranged to meet Yolanda at the apartment a bit earlier than the normal check in time, which she had agreed to and was a great help to us. Whilst Yolanda doesn’t live there she did make herself available by phone and even sent messages asking if we needed anything. There were another 3 people staying in the other room whom we met briefly as they came in but apart from that we didn’t cross paths and were not disturbed by them nor we them. Our room was just as the pictures and adequate for our needs. The bathroom could of benefited from a shower curtain just to keep the floor dry and the kitchen was minimally equipped but as we were not cooking this wasn’t an issue.
There is access to free Internet (not provided by Yolanda) but it is very poor, having the windows open and the outside shutters up increases your chances of a very slow connection!
A short but very pleasant stay in a very nice city, with excellent cheap public transport.
Francois