Culture Vultures
23. September 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Great to meet up with Murray after his US trip so now we have 5 days in Spain before seeing family and friends in the UK.
Spent the afternoon in the Guggenheim. We particularly liked the permanentWeiterlesen
Interesting but not sure about the coloured window from the inside!
Yes Amazing but seems impossible....
Weirdest bridge ever
24. September 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The Vizcaya Bridge connects the suburbs of Gexto and Portugalete. Built in 1893, it was the first metal transporter bridge. It is still in regular use with the gondola taking a maximum of 6 cars!
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Lekeitio
25. September 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Picked up the rental car and did a day trip to San Sebastián. We took the minor roads and wiggled around the coast road.
Lots of small villages and we stopped in the very pretty fishing port ofWeiterlesen
San Sebestián
25. September 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
San Sebastián was full of red carpets, with film crews and journalists trying to jostle for the best position for the film festival!
Donostia is the local Basque name for San Sebastián and thereWeiterlesen
Santillana del Mar
26. September 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Stopped here on our way to the
Picos de Europa. Main claim to fame is that it is a lovely medieval village and a short way out of town there is some prehistoric rock art. However it I found it tooWeiterlesen
Gawking at Gaudi
26. September 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
One of Antoni Gaudi’s early commissions was the 1883-85 construction of El Capricho, a holiday villa in Comillas for Maximo Diaz de Quijano, a wealthy lawyer.
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Picos de Europa
27. September 2018 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
As we headed towards Caín we drove along the western side of the Picos de Europa on a fabulous narrow and twisting road with sheer, overhanging cliffs on one side and a steep drop on the other.
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