Ibis Bilbao Centro

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 ...

... few pinchos and glasses of wine. It is the favorite pastime of Bilbaoans on a Friday night. In fact, it’s 10pm and they action is just starting….but we’re settling in for bed. We’ve just been blown away by the food this time around. In the past our gastronomic experience was less than stellar. I think we just hadn’t gone to the right places. The feature tonight was a duck ...

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>

... for thousands of year the history of the City and Spain As a whole. <br><br>Guggenheim Museum<br>Museo de Bellas Artes<br>Basque Museum<br>La Ría Maritime Museum<br>Museo Taurino (Bullfighting Museum)<br>Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro (Museum of Sacred Art)<br>Museo de Reproducciones Artísticas (Museum of Artistic Reproductions ...

... of earing's and 5 necklaces for 26. I was really happy! Went to The Guggenheim, wandered around for a few hours with a personal audio guide. When I was done I sat down in the lobby and waited to leave. An hour later one of my professors told me we were supposed to have left 20 Min's ago. I didn't have my phone all day, so I couldn't have called. I have been feeling really left out by the group recently, not getting calls, text, or told ...

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 ...

... Sweeping beautiful Spanish senoritas off their feet is a different story, however ... London was its usual cloudy, dreary self when we landed, though it improved shortly after. And finally ... I arrived in the UK WITHOUT being hassled by customs! It was too early to check in for my flight, so I ended up waiting on a bench for a while. A 5 hour layover - bad, but still not quite as terrible as a 6 hour layover I once had in Manchester ( see ...

... the Rioja region of Spain. I wonder if it´s sold in Canada? Jim couldn´t sleep last night - he insists it´s jet lag, but I wonder if it has anything to do with the coffee and chocolate profiteroles he consumed.... We said goodbye to Sandi, Nancy &amp; Lynne this morning - they´re spending the morning in Bilbao before going to San Sebastian for three days. We´ll meet up with them again in Leon in 4 days´ time. Jim and I rented a car and drove to San ...

... my friends came back to my house after their classes and coerced me into skipping the intercambio and going with them to the beach. I broke and decided to go with them. So we went to the beach and hung out there for a few hours. While we were there, we met 3 Italian men who also go to school with us at the university. Alesio, Andrea and Christian talked with Anne, Erika and I on the beach for about an hour before we left to go back home. Then we did some ...

... is still worse than mine, but then again, i only know medical ob/gyn spanish, like pull on your legs, halle las piernas, and push, push, push, empuja, empuja, empuja. we skipped out on biarritz, france this am, b/c i started arguing with a pompous ass from france in front of a bar last night. he and his girls didn't know i could speak french and when i turned around to involve myself in their conversation, they were a might bit shocked that a stupid americane ...