Guarding the Guggenheim is this puppy made of flowers. Well watered and weeded. |
Although it is in Spain, Bilbao has the feel of a northern European city. |
On the road leaving Guernica. This does not look like the Spain we know. It's more like an Irish landscape. |
The Basque coast is magnificent. |
Lekeitio: A fishing port on the Basque coast between Bilbao and our destination of San Sebastian |
We arrived at our hotel in San Sebastian. This is the view of the Bay of Biscay from our hotel room. |
A view of San Sebastian's harbor (not the best picture) from our hotel . A major resort town in the Basque Country, this place is for the wealthy. The food was most cosmopolitan. What a wonderful surprise! |
Next stop: Rioja, the wine country, about 2 hours south of San Sebastian.
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Our hotel was part of a winery. We had a private tour of the wine cellars and private dining rooms below the Inn. (Monges, 2000; excellent wine). What we learned.... On our visit to the Basque Country, we realized how vast and varied Spain is. The language, history, people, food, and culture of the area are so different than what we know in Andalucia. There has been a long-standing desire for greater regional autonomy in the North, and having seen the area with its own uniqueness, we can better appreciate their internal conflict. |
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