Yesterday was the International Day of Peace and we started it by visiting the Museum of Peace in Gernika- www.peacemuseumguernica.org. The ETA spent it setting off 3 bombs, the closest to us was in Ondarroa, 30 km from where we are staying. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7628555.stm The Gernika Peace Museum was inspired by the bombing of Gernika on April 26, 1937. On that day Hitler ordered, with the permission of Franco, the first-ever saturation bombing raids on a civilian center. The city was destroyed and more than 1600 people were killed, many while attending the weekly market that is still held each Monday in the main plaza. The museum focuses on the lesson in peace taught by the survivors of the bombing through their reconciliation with their attackers, in addition to other instances of reconciliation and mediation for peace ... read more