Blogs from Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, Europe - page 13

Much has been said about the chaotic boarding procedures for Europe’s cheap-flight carriers, but it’s not until I’ve joined the devastating queue for EasyJet Flight 3775 that the rumors seem less than overblown. People are shifting with the deft choreography of an offensive line protecting against the pass rush. There seem to be eye signals at work. I’m holding my boarding pass with a dumb smile while around me, a frothing insurrection is surging toward the gate. By day, these same people kiss their wives and pat their sons’ heads and make stupid gurgling noises at baby carriages. Beside me, a little old lady is using her wide hips for leverage. I take my seat beside a tearful young Spanish girl who’s staring bleakly out the window. Her shoulders heave and convulse; her mood shifts ... read more

After 20 minutes in the scorching sunshine we finally managed to work out how to use the parking meter and then entered the Guggenheim Museum, an impressive structure of titanium and glass, itself a stunning piece of art. The exhibits inside are equally stimulating, some on a huge scale. Definitely worth the visit. We then sped along the coast to a campsite near Comillas. It was a very spanish famiy oriented site. The nearest beach was a short cycle ride away. The actual town of Comillas was buzzing with a local festival. Comillas features a Gaudi built house. ... read more

Bilbao, such a cute town, also a good place to go shopping. But we only did a little due to the whole staying on a budget. We walked along the river and visited the world famous titanium covered Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art. Amie and Reesa surprisingly had a good time, we spent about 4 hours looking at pieces of art as well as walking through art. One display was large slabs of iron plates that you could walk between and they usually got y a little dizzy before opening into the middle of a circle...then you had to meander your way back out. We even witnessed a big, big no no. There are signs everywhere that indicate holding your child by the hand at all times. I saw one child take a run towards a ... read more

Exhaustion hit today! Or was it last night after our Madrid night out? I woke up today feeling so tired and just knew I was going to get sick bad! Most the day was spent driving to Bilbao from Madrid. I slept pretty much all the way only waking up to have lunch in Burgos. Burgos was a small town. As it was Sunday not much was open apart from some restaurants, cafes and souvenir shops. Todd and I had lunch with Nancy and Joe (from Colorado, USA). They had cheeseburgers and I had Spaghetti Bolognese. It was pretty good actually. Afterwards Nancy and browsed around the shops. As I said before not much open. She bought some gelato and I tried to hunt down some moisturizer. Back on the bus and back to sleep. My ... read more

thank god. the food here is much better. ok i know that i haven´t updated ina bit, we´ve been so busy traveling haven´t had a chance to. anyway, we´re in spain, and the weather here is 85 today. gorgeous day! i went shopping earlier, and went into the guggenheim here, which was amazing. i got to walk inside some of richard serras monumental sculptures, something i´ve wanted to do as long as i can remember. they were amazing. the biggest one is made of 7 steel plates and weighs 120 tons. and the most amzing part, nothing is held together, no pins into the flor, no sodering, just gravity. to stand inside one of those you really get a sense of how small and fragile you are. i stood inside one of the work and was ... read more