Blogs from Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, Europe - page 6

This may surprise many of you but we have made an important discovery. Sometimes the descriptions given of places on the Internet do not lie. Indeed, sometimes the owners actually underestimate their own properties. Scoff you may but I have the photos and video to prove it. Our 'rustic retreat' which should, in the normal course of events read 'crappy old dump on a main highway complete with vermin', actually should say '3 storey manor overlooking magnificent valley with a wow factor of 10 but still situated close to really cool places'. Yesterday we set off from Barcelona at the crack of too early and had a pleasant 4 hour train ride to Logrono where we had arranged hire cars. The plan was that the hire car person was to meet us at the station holding ... read more

Autostop nam sve bolje ide, valjda nam se izostrilo oko za nalzenje dobrog mesta i vise komuniciramo pogledima sa vozacima. Brzo menjamo mesta, sitzemo u Pamplonu grad u kome ne nalazimo nista nesto posebno i dalje nas voze dvojica Alziraca i sve uz arpsku muziku dolazimo u Vitoriu, jedan uzasan grad sav od nekih solitera ofarbanih i sarene boje. Brzo svatamo da su ovde spanci u manjini, i da je mozda to razlog sto je grad prilicno prljav iako ni spanci nisu bas cist narod. Na terenu odigravam par partija basketa sa nekim crncima koje ne znam ni odakle su posto nismo imali nijedan zajednicki jezik sem eto tog basketa. Nalazimo pogodno mesto za sator pored auto puta za Bilbao, i tu docekasmo cak i kisu, doduse kratkog trajanja. Jutros Stigosmo u Bilbao koj mi se ... read more

On Monday we left rural Cantabria and took a short drive to Bilbao in the Basque Country. Along the way we had a quick visit to Santander which was packed due to alot of stranded travellers catching ferries back to the UK. We didn’t stay long as we weren’t a fan of the crowds, this gave us a bit more time to explore Bilbao’s city centre. Walking along the river was lovely. Bilbao’s most famous building is the Guggenheim museum which is a very unusual looking metallic building! Just near the Guggenheim we found a giant flower dog which was also a little bit strange but pretty. We had our first trip in a funicular (a funny little tram like thing) which takes you up steep hills. A few cities we have been in have these. ... read more

3rd April '09: (“even stevens”) Namibian has conjured up a little jewel recently - literary flair is simply thriving on tour. Between extended periods of gnawing on his knuckles, polishing his curved horns and fangs.. Oh sorry, I got carried away there - his tail doesn’t, in fact, thrash like a wild scorpion. Namibian doesn’t even have a tail. Anyway, in the lead-up to his anecdotal blog entry, I’ll just casually mention that I have easily accessible photos of him shirtless and sexy in the heat of last summer. I’m sure he’d hate these saucy stills to be exhibited on the blog, so I’ll just leave the threat hanging in case he really is planning to take up the metaphorical cudgels - and run me through like a blackguard - in his entry. As promised then, ... read more

Thursday 31.12.2009 Day 77 NYE Channel ferry We had bfast and then headed off to the P&O ferry. While waiting for the ferry we got some things to make our UK car EU legal. We then drove on to the ferry and then checked in to our room which was very small with a small bathroom. We then check over the ferry which had 4 restaurant and 3 barrs. We watched the ferry leave and then got some duty free wine and chocolate. We had dinner and then watched a bit of the show we saw the New year in and song Auld Lang syne with the other passengers. ... read more