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== Bilbao ==
 
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Our next stop was [[Bilbao]].
  
 
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-7.jpg|A specialty of these northern Basque cities are elaborated tapas ('pinchos'').
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-8.jpg|Observing daring birds who like tapas too.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-9.jpg|The streets of Bilbao are similar to those of Vittoria,
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-10.jpg|maybe a bit more looked after.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-11.jpg|A beautiful church of naturally colored stones.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-12.jpg|A shop cast in the church.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-13.jpg|The sky fragmented between sunny and cloudy added much to the atmosphere.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-15.jpg|We didn't cross to the other side. Bilbao is one of the biggest city in Spain.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-14.jpg|Paseo by the river.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-16.jpg|The main square.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-17.jpg|More city-birds watching.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-18.jpg|A livelier street.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-19.jpg|A typical local game, throwing pellets to a frog.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-20.jpg|Along the river.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-21.jpg|The famous Guggenheim museum.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-1.jpg|Detail of the architecture.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-2.jpg|Inside.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-5.jpg|You could make picture of some things, like this spherical mirror, but not everything.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-6.jpg|This [http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/en/works/the-matter-of-time/] was not supposed to be photographed.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-3.jpg|Inside the previous structure. We never knew if this was licit or not.
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File:Bilbao-Aug15-4.jpg|This famous balloon puppy by Jeff Koons is all metal.
 
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Revision as of 09:47, 24 December 2015

Contents

Summer Holidays (2015)

Second week.

Anso

Arguably, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain.

Siresa

The village nearby Hecho, home of a Monasterio de San Pedro.

Hecho

San Juan de la Peña

Santa Maria, San Juan de la Peña

There is also a village nearby, Santa Maria, which is worth a visit.

Vittoria

On our way to Asturias from the Pyrenees, we stopped by a couple of important locations. First one was Vittoria.

Bilbao

Our next stop was Bilbao.

Beach

Luanco

Los Tornos

Santa Maria del Naranco

Gongas de Onis & Covagonda


Summer Holidays 2015
HechoEcusson.jpg

First week: Valle de Hecho
Second week: On the way to, and, Asturias.