Travel tip: don't use the ATM in the airport, or, if you really need to, take only a small amount. The exchange rate is almost bank fraud.
The bus has wifi, nice touch, as does the airport, a real relief for those not yet in possession of a local cell plan. The airport is small, with rental cars, busses and taxis all available right outside the entrance.
The bus to the central plaza is €5.60, and €2.20 to transfer to any bus after that. It seems all the busses meet in the plaza area.
Drive to the city is scenic and pleasant with good views of downtown and distant hills.
Our AirBnB was easy to find, but my sensibilities concerning addresses were forged in suburbia, and city addresses confuse me. The building was easy to find, but then it was "3er 2a". Now, the second apartment on the third floor should be, in my limited world, called "32". And I wouldn't call it "2A" unless there was a 2B. But, when in Rome... So 3er 2a means 3rd floor, which was actually the fifth floor b/c the ground floor doesn't count, and the first floor was zero, and 2a is 2a, despite the only other apartment being "1" and every floor having a "2a", including the third floor (by American sensibilities), inhabited by a nice elderly lady with a small yippy dog who is quite used to tourists knocking on her door looking for 3er 2a, and the third floor (by UK sensibilities, what Americans would call the fourth) also inhabited by an elderly gentlelady with no sort of dog and and, while used to being disturbed by tourists, is quite fed up with the whole business and probably wishes the Anglos would just take the time to learn to read an address properly.
The weather is wonderful, the tap water palatable, and the room comfortable.
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