点评:Our plan was to fly to Bilbao and take the ferry home just to see if surface travel as a foot passenger was pleasant. We found out.
On arrival at the Bilbao terminal I couldn’t see any signage or pathway for foot passengers. We eventually figured it out after stumbling around dodging vehicles. After check in the couple of dozen unfortunates on foot were shepherded across the loading area, along a steel lattice walkway and up the vehicle loading ramp of the Galicia. A good test of baggage wheels. Mercifully it wasn’t raining.
The on board staff were pleasant and I confess it was nice to speak French after my week mangling Spanish in Bilbao.The ship was fine too. Slightly quirky restaurant on-off opening system but starvation was unlikely.
Rosslare was surreal. A slight delay docking but then a marked lag before foot passengers could disembark via the car deck, albeit on this occasion via a crowded bus. The next bit was outside Brittany Ferries’ control but worth mentioning as it’s part of the overall experience. The bus offloads you at the bus stop at the terminal building and there’s nothing: no shelter, no taxis, no shuttle bus.
Luckily my wife spent thirty years organising stuff ( failing only to organise me) and Vanessa in her minibus from Oz’s taxis rescued our motley crew of pedestrians from a plethora of nearly missed connections and closed car hire centres .
I like Brittany Ferries. I’d still travel with them again if I’m taking the car.
But if I’m on foot it’ll be Boeing or Airbus for me.
翻译:我们的计划是飞往毕尔巴鄂,然后乘渡轮回家,只是想看看作为步行乘客在陆地上旅行是否愉快。我们发现了。
抵达毕尔巴鄂码头时,我看不到任何供步行乘客使用的标识或通道。我们最终在跌跌撞撞地躲避车辆后找到了答案。办理登机手续后,几十名不幸的步行者被领着穿过装卸区,沿着钢格栅走道走上加利西亚号的车辆装卸坡道。这是对行李轮的一次很好的测试。幸好没有下雨。
船上的工作人员很友好,我承认,在毕尔巴鄂度过了一个星期的西班牙语混乱之后,能说法语真是太好了。船也不错。餐厅的开关系统有点古怪,但不太可能饿死。
罗斯莱尔号令人难以置信。停靠时稍有延迟,但步行乘客通过汽车甲板下船之前明显滞后,尽管这次是通过拥挤的公共汽车。接下来的事情不在布列塔尼渡轮公司的控制范围内,但值得一提,因为它是整体体验的一部分。巴士在终点站的巴士站下车,但那里什么都没有:没有候车亭,没有出租车,没有班车。
幸运的是,我的妻子花了三十年时间整理东西(只是没能整理好我),而瓦内萨开着她从奥兹出租车公司开来的迷你巴士,把我们这群杂乱无章的行人从几乎错过的众多连接和关闭的汽车租赁中心中解救出来。
我喜欢布列塔尼渡轮公司。如果我开车,我还是会再次乘坐他们的飞机。
但如果我步行,我会选择波音或空客。