Hotel Ercilla Bilbao

... our first surfing destination to dip a toe or two into a deserted Atlantic which Lym thoroughly enjoyed, however which led Annabelle to looking like an extra from a B-grade vampire movie; this following her surfboard and her face becoming rather intimate. Enough for one day, onward to our campsite at historic Santillana del Mar.<br>

... pincho that Paul had and a (believe it or not) anchovy/cod concoction on bread that I had. I&#8217;ve really been venturing out on the fish thing this trip. I even had cod for lunch!!<br><br>Tomorrow we leave Bilbao for a hotel a bit in from the coast into the Picos de Europa, a beautiful, mountainous area. We should be in by late afternoon. Look for photos of the coast and the mountains next. <br><br>Cheers!

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>

... br>With the nice tourist services in the place such as tourist guide, accommodation and transportation is more convenient a tourist-friendly place. Hoteles en Bilbao, restaurantes Bilbao, Bilbao car hire and other tourist services are one of the economic sources of the city. <br><br>Hotel Information<br><br>Hotel Centro Bilbao<br>

... but much of the rest of the contents is just a bit too modern for me. Its the sort of art that challenges you to think what is art, which unlike most people I don't think is a bad thing, but only in small doses. One of the floors was closed when I was there being prepared for a new temporary exhibition.<br><br>I ate at the Guggenheim. To be honest I probably wouldn't have bothered had I not booked it some weeks ...

Urghh long, long bus journey from Valencia. Sleeping tablets helped, but what didn't were the rude Spanish couple behind us who persisted on banging on the back of our seats all journey. They seemed angry that we were using the recline function which we had paid, and were entitled to use...<br><br>Anyway, arrive at about 8 or something where we got ...

... seriously starting to get bummed out. What the heck was I doing half way across the world? What was I trying to accomplish? Did I really expect to relax and enjoy myself when I can't even manage to ask for help finding the bagels? (we never did find them by the way)... An hour later, we were back in the cars again ... now headed for the house. The lush rolling hills ... the seven mile beaches ... the cliffs ... the cows, sheep, horses ... the green belt of Spain ... BAH. I was not feeling ...

... on the way in. This city is great if you need to stock up on clothes. It's also good for inexpensive tapas and wine and has a good relaxed feel to it. When we were there, the shops were almost empty. My friend and I are hardcore shoppers (or browsers at least,) and we won't rest until we've been to every shop there is to visit. We walked from shop to shop ...

... from the main city, it is located on the banks of the canal and we have a great room that is overlooking it. After resting we decided to get some dinner, in a true sense of adventure vasu decided she wanted soup and we found a Chinese restaurant called Wok in the area, it had a buffet on, and knowing us we decided to assault it with ninja like precision. I was surprised how popular the restaurant was, it was packed and within sometime there was ...

... notable artist's works on exhibit, including one piece as a permanent collection, were those of Anselm Kiefer. Huge paintings using mixed media from oil and acrylic paints to steal, wood, glue, plaster, ash, rust, sunflowers, blood, clothes, pottery, chairs, to name just a few hung like giant landscapes. Greatly influenced by the 2nd World War, as he is German, these painting brought a shocking feel to the viewer. The audio guide, that is included with this ...