love the pics Hi Chris,
The common consensus is more pictures less writing. You must realize I only buy books with pictures for this very reason. If you run out of film you could always draw us some pictures (by the way great seagull). Hope you make it to a football match and don't get to fat on those broken eggs.
cheers
bobsta
travel in Bilbao Hello Señor Jack,
My name is Carlos Rodriguez. I was born in Bilbao and have also travelled to many places in the world. You would not believe but since i last came home i live in the apartment in your photo! It is an amazing coincedence. I wish you well travelling in my country but I think you have some things to learn about the basque people.
For many years we struggled our factories closed and our way of live was hard. My grandfather has 6 brothers who all left Bilbao to have better living. I am the only one in my family to come back and now we can work and make money. No we are not set up for tourism Mr Jack. As you see my place has many colors we are trying to make things good. You make a joke about Bilbao bilbo you say-very funny Mr Jack. We are not laughing much. My friend help to build the beautiful work outside the mueseum and you say it is dedicated to the the weather. this is also not funny. I have friends who do not like the tourists but i see you are trying to be better. I think maybe you are a good man. My friend also lives in this building and he is one that works with-what you call being in the fight. Do you know? He has many rooms and is good for nowing real basque people
You can be with him for a real Bilbao not only Bilbo!
Carlos
P.S I'm not surprised Mick and Sal's place was a Withnail-fest!!!!
venice surely an error..."venice exists purely for the tourists"...i say venice exists despite the tourists! its a wonderful city with the best of everything on offer
great blog ive been reading some of the other blogs on this site and no doubts yours is the best! cant believe how dumb and plain ignorant some of your fellow bloggers are esp the americans! but sooooo funny to read!
Attention Theresa Jack no this is not for emails and yes the whole world sees the comments! you can email me at chrisjackis@hotmail.com or i think you click on contact chris j....i love spain its such a slow paced place, just what you want in a holiday destination!
Macarena info Macarena is the name of the local virgin in Sevilla (Virgen de la Macarena) and thus a very common and typical name for sevillian women. You can meet hundreds of women called Macarena there. The famous dance Macarena was created by a couple of 'folk' singers from Sevilla. So probably (but not for sure) the Barrio de la Macarena does have something to do with it. ;)
If you are coming to Granada and like viewing cities from above, have a coffe in the Alhambra Palace Hotel, near the Alhambra, there's a nice terrace. It's not the cheapest coffe in town but the place is worth it. Have a nice stay.
Memories Ah Seville, I remember it well. Bish and I thought of trying to market Vegemite there - we figured vegemite on toast would go well with all that orange juice.
Great Blog Sheikh!
It's 2011 and another travel adventure begins. This time it's through London, Munich, Vienna, Barcelona and Lisbon. Plenty of food to be enjoyed and history and culture to be admired.... full info
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Will have more pictures once i buy a new camera, my old one is in a thousand peices in bilbao having dropped it from a great height!