This will be a short blog post. I took the bus today from Bilboa to Irun. Unfortunately I was ripped off at the bus station in Bilbao. As I was waiting for my bus I had some time to kill so I decided to go outside, find a bench, sort through my gear and pack my Camino backpack. The rest of my stuff was going to go into my suitcase and on Saturday morning I need to get my suitcase to the post office and mail it to Santiago. While I was doing this a very agitated young man came up to me and asked me to help him find the bus station. I pointed towards the bus station a couple of times before he seemed to understand and then he ran in that direction. I continued to sort my stuff for another minute or so when I realized that my Camino backpack was gone and my carry on back was also missing. Stupid me. I set myself up to fall for the oldest trick in the American traveling in Europe book. I am such an idiot. I spent about four hours running around Bilboa until I found a backpacking store where I replaced everything I lost, except my prescription sunglasses. 😎 I have transition lenses in my regular glasses so losing the prescription sunglasses is not catastrophic.
Today was a lesson learned for me. When you are in a big city over here you really need to pay attention. It is late and I am tired so I am going to go to bed.
I hope everyone had a great Thursday.
Good night from Irun, Spain.
AbeAndMarkontheCamino 
Ouch. So sorry to hear this!!
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