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Bilbao Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bilbao, Spain and Canary Islands
Spain Day 11 - Bilbao
This is a top pick! ... jumps last week) and a sticker book for Ella. The visit to the Guggenheim is great (http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es). The kids are free and included in the adult price of admission are two audioguides which are very informative for Janice and I, ... ...
Dublin flight to Spain
This is a top pick! ... off and takes off running, returning a minute later wet as can be with two luggage trollies in hand. Hugs and handshakes ... and we are off to Bilbao, Spain. The plane is a couple of hours late. I'm nervous about our home exchange people even showing up. ...
Is this Seattle or Spain???
This is a top pick! (C) (S) We came to Bilbao for 2 reasons: to see real live Basques and see the Guggenheim. We did both. We didn't even bother to go in the museum. The outside is what we cared ...
The Spanish
This is a top pick! ... on Saturday morning, we jumped in the car and drove out to Stanstead to catch a plane to the Basque territory, Bilbao. We made our way through the customs gates and waited in the lounge. Eventually, we were called to board the plane. We made our way to ...
When Nick n Nick Conquered Euskadi!
... my bags and prepared to go to Euskadi, the basque country in northern spain Patricia had invited me and nick for a week of free concerts in Bilbao and fiestas in her town half an hour away. As I left my flat at 4 o clock in the morning I felt that ...
Cave art and the Guggenheim
... the paintings will fade with the air we breathe but the fake cave was a perfect copy. Then we drove to Bilbao to see the Guggenheim and saw an exhibition by David Hockney. His pictures were very good particularly his painting with 32 canvases all joined ...
Another horrible overnight train brought us ...
... beautiful as ever even in this bad weather, but it offered little to do. We hooked up with David (Australia) and Ian (Victoria, BC) and went to Bilbao for the day. Bilbao is a modern, industrial city that is most known for its oddly shaped Guggenheim ...
An unforgettable lunch in Bilbao
We set off from camp and checked in at the Holiday Inn at the airport in Bilbao around noon. We then hopped on the shuttle to the airport and from there caught the bus downtown. We were in a bit of a hurry to try to find a restaurant for lunch since we ...
First 2 weeks wrap up.
... close to me. We walk in the afternoons when it is nice. We walk to school everyday (20 -30 Min's). Today the group went to Bilbao to see the Guggenheim Museo. It was really cool. Not even the stuff in it, just the building its self. We also saw a ...
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
From San Sebastian we went on a daytrip to Bilbao, about an hour's busride away, to see the Guggenheim modern art museum. The building was very cool, as was the outdoor art. Some of the indoor exhibitions were great too, but overall we found them ...
Day 9 (20 June): Lezama-Bilbao (10 km with some tr
... (have a great walk)". Fortunately it couldn't have happened in a better place as I was only 1 km from the road and the railway into Bilbao. There was a chemist right beside the station in Zamudio. The chemist went to great lengths to help me with my sore ...
Guggenheim- 1 down, 3 to go....
... . The exhibits inside are pretty cool as well, its amazing what the definition of 'Art' is these days.... My whole time in Bilbao was just wandering wandering wandering. Not a great deal to the city, but its pretty. I fly back to London tomorrow. My ...
Past Few Days--Stranded in the Rain
... must admit that I have wanted to sleep in of the mornings, but the class really isn't that bad. The problem is that I am in Spain, and I don't want to have classes...ha ha. However, I guess I am living here for that reason, so I am ok with ...
Days 72 and 73 Bilbao, Spain
Days 72 and 73 Bilbao, Spain Just love the city of Bilbao. We had to take a shuttle in to the city center, about a 30 minute ride. One thing we did notice are the number of car/truck accidents there are here. Very rarely did we see any ...
Portsmouth - Bilbao
Just a quick entry to let you all know that we have just booked our ferry crossing for tonight sailing from Portsmouth to Bilbao in Spain! We leave at 21.15 this evening and arrive on Tuesday morning at ...
Wow....
... was nice. Other than that, I have been hanging out with my friends and going to school. I took my first surfing lesson yesterday and sprained my ankle...but it was so worth it. I have 13 more hours of lessons to take. I hate to cut this ...
Bilbao, Spain
... had spelled it with an o instead of a u but have since corrected it to show the correct location. Bilbao is the largest city in the Basque region of Spain. It is an absolutely stunningly beautiful city and I am certainly glad I made the 30 mile round ...
Burgos, Santander and Bilbao
... towards the road to wait for the bus intro Castro, and then another to Bilbao. Bilbao was quiet on a Sunday, and we walked first to the river, crossing the controversial Zubizuri bridge. This bridge has a ...
pilgrimage to a building
After a really long haul on the bus, I made it to Bilbao. All the rooms were full in town because of a lame football game, so I ended up out in a village, spending alot more money. But, of course, every cloud has a silver lining, it was awesome ...
A matter of time in the Guggenheim.
... to check in at all maccas as we moved about so that we could go in to get wifi. Just outside of Bilbao we found a park which was nearby one, and the next morning we zipped over to the train to go into the city centre where the Guggenheim museum was. We ...
Euskadi
Bilbao
The main attraction in Bilbao for us was the Guggenheim Museum. It turned out that we absolutely loved the narrow streets of Bilbao and spent a long time walking around admiring the architecture, the shops and the tapas bars. The Guggenheim was great to ...
Bilbao or Bilbo in Euskara!
... most of the day at the Guggenheim which was amazing! I loved every minute. The Guggenheim in Bilbao was designed by Canadian Frank Gehry, and is a beautiful modern building plated in titanium. The exhibits inside were amazing! Unfortunately no pictures ...
Random Facts
... IT! There is also an indoor market about 20 minutes away that is 3 floors. It has everything from cheese, meat, fish, and fresh fruit/vegetables. It is the cheapest we can find. Oh, it is also very common to have butchers in the ...
Bilbao/Bilbo (not Baggins)
... itself. Saw an interesting temporary exhibition by a chinese artist ... responsible for desiging the fireworks associated with the Beijing Olympics. Bilbao itself is a rather lovely Spanish city with the usual ornate architecture. ...
Guggenheim, etc.!
... , as usual other international students had the same idea and so the group of us explored the city together. After arriving in Bilbao we walked around and visited some parks, etc. (because it was too early to do anything else) then we went to Guggeheim. ...
