The time came to leave Barcelona and head into real Spain for some days. We
began our trip by flying to Bilbao where we were met by this message at the airport
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These people
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were nice enough to give us this car
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so that we could head to this main event
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where from this car park
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we could catch our first view
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of a remarkable building. We also enjoyed the trilingual nature of things with the Basque
translations of all of the signs.
We walked up these steps
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to be greeted by this puppy dog
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and then zoomed in
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and even further
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to try and figure it out.
Next we walked down the neighboring bridge
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to try and absorb the design of the museum. The lines and pieces were remarkable
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as was the interaction with the river
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not to mention the cafe
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Although they wouldn't let us take photos inside the museum, we did manage to get this
picture inside the men's room
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and our obligatory phone booth picture
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We fought the traffic out of Bilbao and then the maps into Santillana del Mar (town of 3
lies – not a holy place, not flat and not on the water) where we had a dinner of minestrone
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tortilla (aka potato omelet)
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pimento rellenos
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shrimp
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green beans
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and chicken
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that kept Benjamin going at a fast rate
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All of the food served by this waitress
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made us quite happy
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but didn't keep us from taking this unintelligible picture
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which we'll try to use in our Santillana By Blur series.