The Miro Hotel Bilbao

When I first planned this trip I forgot that museums and many other tourist things in Spain are closed on Mondays. Of course this includes the main highlight of Bilbao - the Guggenheim (well obviously the inside of it, and I'm not actually sure that is the main highlight !). Still I realised this before I left and thought no problem, theres a lot to see on foot outside and at least the market is open, and its the biggest covered market in Europe. Didn't plan on the rain !! So I've unusually m...

As much of this trip is about food and drink, I decided that a little therapy was called for. Thalossotherapy to be specific, in the former royal bathhouse in San Sebastian. (La Perla)

Thalossotherapy in this instance consists of a series of hydro-massages using heated seawater, targetting different areas of the body, together with a couple of different jacuzzis. These are in fact fairly large pools, so you can swim of a fashion. The setting is beautiful, on the beach, which you can ac...

Theres one reason why most tourists come here. The Guggenheim Museum. And unlike most museums they come to see the building itself rather than the contents. The Frank Gehry designed building is well worth it too, an extraordinary sculpture of a building that truly is world class piece of art itself. I like it, but I wasn't too impressed by many of the contents. I liked the impressionist and the expressionist galleries, but much of the rest of the contents is just a bit too modern for me. Its ...

Well darn. Last night I stayed up later than I had planned. Needed to handle some stuff at the office so I didn't end up in bed until after 1am. And actually, I could have stayed up another hour making calls but I was just so exhausted I didn't want to come across tired to anybody. Thank goodness that Jenny is at the office handling everything so well for me! I have to give her a quick shout out and say THANK YOU JENNY for all your hard work! ... I've been asked several times by various peopl...