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Bilbao, Euskera and El País Vasco!
... with our spanish we managed to work our way downtown following the river Nervión from the airport until our arrival in Bilbao.
We hopped off the bus at a stop on the Puente Euskalduna (Bridge of Euskalduna) where we were instantly stunned by the modern architecture of this bridge as well as the impeccably designed Guggenheim Museum just off to the right of the bridge. We were instantly gratified with our first sights of this modern city.
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::Thankfulness::
I'm sitting here in the airport of Bilbao right now, all by my lonesome. Itunes and a Café con Leche aren’t very good company. Traveling alone is definitely not for the faint of heart.
But as I sit here, I am reminded of how grateful I am for all of this. This being my trip here to Spain, the friends I have made, the places I have seen, and the growth I am experiencing.
These past six days in Vitoria were exactly what I needed. I love Sevilla, I love ...
Herri txiki neska hiri handira doa
Can you read that? Probably not...because it is in BASQUE. I made the 2.5 hour bus trip to visit long lost amiga KATE MATTINGLY! I have not seen her in almost 2 years when she came to NYC for New Year's Eve. I was so happy that we were able to reunite in Spain! She is teaching in Bilbao, which is in Basque Country and one of the most prosperous cities in Spain. I had been wanting to visit Bilbao for a long long time, so ...
Honeymoon part VIII - Bilbao
... looking characters we encountered...
And waht a surpise it was to see for the first time the Basque flag, a curious version of the Union Jack with the Italian colours.It made me feel welcome!
The highlight of our Basque experience was of course its capital Bilbao. Bilbao for us translated in The Guggenheim Museum as it is really where we spent most of the time.
We parked ...
Burgos, Santander and Bilbao
... the Mediterranean Coast, so for the first time we didn’t go into town to explore, but stayed put in the shade.
Then the next day on to Santander. A beautiful drive over mountains. We were now seeing some rivers with water in them - even lakes and dams. Great outcrops of rock, ...