Bilborooms Bilbao

Having disembarked the Pride of Bilbao, following our two day mini-cruise (the highlights of which were DVD horse races, bingo, Geordies on the lash and two memorable dining experiences at Langans Brasserie), we faced the delights of industrial Bilbao, which proved to be a fitting introduction to North Spain. Undaunted we headed to ...

Thursday, October 15, 2009<br><br>Bilbao, Spain <br><br>We've traveled for about 18 hours now and will arrive in Bilbao in a matter of minutes. Our trip from Albuquerque to Washington was pretty uneventful and, in fact, because of tremendous tailwinds made it about 30 minutes ahead of schedule. The flight from DC to Munich was pretty uneventful as well (with the exception of about an hour of mild ...

We drove from Madrid, got a bit lost trying to find Lurdea. We thought it is a name of a village but it is not it is just the name of the Hotel/Casa Rural.<br><br>The place is amazing. Located in the hills above Bermeo, with magnificent view of the ocean. It is clean (like really clean) and has the air of a relaxing boutique hotel.<br>

Bilbao, the capital of Viscaya in the county, with the nice weather and climate that is milder than in most other parts of the peninsula, rarely falling below freezing in winter or rising above 35 degree C in summer. <br><br>One of the best features of this place is the collection of Museums that exhibit the artifacts that well ...

... all the time, and I do still have friends. Planning has come to a halt. Its mostly done. I'm going to Barcelona this Weekend, Germany Next. Then at the end of the month Slamanica and Leon. In April, Paris, Seville, Granada, Venice, Rome, And London. I have 2 girls Ive meet before that Ill be traveling with for semana santa. We have booked all out flights and rooms to sleep in, now its just a matter of what do we want to see what day. E-mail me!!!

... somewhere you want to stay. True is relatively near the tube into the city (a cab ride of about £5) but it's not worth it. We left and didn't pay for the night we stayed there (I'm not sorry).<br><br>We also came to the conclusion that we needed a car so hired one to drive us to San Seb. Spent a another day in Bilbao seeing the obvious Guggenheim.

... all my Spain stamps ... It was a little rainy in Spain when we arrived, but still humid and over 20 C. I didn't recognize the Bilbao airport, but I've only been here once before and arrived pretty late at night. Hopped onto the bus to the city centre - a cute little senorita sat down next to me. How fortuitous, a chance to practice my Spanish! I'd never have any other motives for chatting with a Spanish senorita, would I? A funny thing ...

... about half an inch of sugar at the bottom of the glass....too sweet, even for me! We headed back to Bilbao when the storm clouds were ready to burst, and I couldn´t help it - I fell asleep for part of the drive. Aren´t I BAD?! Tomorrow we say goodbye to Bilbao and hit the road, following the northern coast to a place called Santillana Del Mar. I´m not sure how many internet cafes we´ll find, but I´ll do my best to update you as I can....Love to you all, Linda &amp; Jim

... gang whom I love ferociously-Anne, Erika and myself. Friday, we had class until noon, went to the beach again and then decided to go out that night. We go all gussied up and went to the Plaza Cañadio again and met up with our Italian friends. After a while, Anne and Erika got tired of hearing all the inappropriate comments made by the 3 guys and decided that we were done with them. So we started to go home then, me and Anne to our house and Erika to hers. On the ...

... know their ****** language. so, jeff and i decided on a new mantra for the trip, and that, is....**** the frenchies. we don't like their attitude or their pompous righteousness, and we won't spend any money in france if we can avoid it. now, we are going back to bilbao tonight to check out bilbaolive.com, which is an outdoor festival in front of the new guggenheim museum. there is an outdoor concert and guns and roses is playing along with, fun living criminals, and ...