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Spanish Basque country

 
Wanting to discover the Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao, we drive along the Basque coast.
 
 
1. Stop in Ondarroa to discover this pretty little coastal town.
 

 
 
2. Its marina at the mouth of the river.
 

 
 
3. Back street…
 

 
 
4. Intrigued by the noise, we discover a group playing Basque pelota on a concha (field) .
 

 
 
5. Return to VLV via the fish auction, empty this morning…
 

 
 
6. The same auction from the outside. It is built on a quay, right in the city.
 

 
 
After a one-hour stop to repair the VLV headlights that no longer work – one contact of a plug, corroded, broke – we arrive in Bilbao shortly after noon. After parking not without difficulty – it’s not easy to find a space large enough – we eat in VivaLaVida and then go discover the famous building of the Guggenheim Museum.
 
 
7. The city of Bilbao combines the old and the new.
 

 
 
8. We discover the Guggenheim from the opposite bank.
 

 
 
9. What an architecture!
 

 
 
10. Spectacular!
 

 
 
11. Contrast of the sculpture all in curves…
 

 
 
12. Water…
 

 
 
13. Nothing is strait!
 

 
 
14. Curves…
 

 
 
15. Entrance to the museum which we’re not going to, the current exhibition not being suitable for children.
 

 
 
16. Still curves…
 

 
 
17. The part of the building that houses the administration.
 

 
 
18. Plaza.
 

 
 
19. After searching in vain for a place to sleep by the ocean, we finally find it in the hills back from the coast, right next to a real menhir.
 

 
 
20. It’s Euro soccer final night and Emile doesn’t want to miss it! On my side, I’m enjoying the sunset…
 

 
 
More to come very soon as we continue our progress towards the west.