The Old Quarter of La Coruna

Beautiful streets and I loved the door I was standing in front of. Told the legion that Saint James came to Spain to preach to the new world, he later returned to Jerusalem got beheaded. Brought corpse back to this area found 750 years later by a hermit. The hermit was directed by divine light […]

April 26 La Coruna, Spain

We sailed last night from Bilbao to this most northwest part of Spain. Let’s just say if this was my first cruise , not sure about doing it again. The seas were beyond ruff, high swells, rocky unable to sleep. We were lucky being in the middle of the ship, more balanced than a cabin […]

The Bronze Spider

Louise Bourgeois an American French artist. Outside museum and everywhere you go street vendors selling tiny metal replicas of the spider.

Old Town Bilbao

Tiny streets that you walk along, new sights every corner. Look up old school laundry hanging out apartments dating back centuries. And of course the jamon butcher stores. A daily activity shopping for the family. Old school.

Jeff Koons

Monumental metal sculpture. But its all about the setting on the edge of the river, gleaming. The sun hitting it and reflecting off the water. Inside and out art that inspires you.

Let’s talk about Art!

For Reid and I traveling and seeing great museums is such gift. My bucket list is to see as many museums in the world and so lucky to see Guggenheim Bilbao. The first pic is Jenny Holzer a retrospective of her work. Paintings, sculptures, written words, stone benches engraved, and neon light installations, quite the […]

Guggenheim Museum. I am a very happy!

Frank Gehry designed a modern avant-garde 20th century museum that rates with all the other world class art institutions. 32,500 square meters in the center of the city, one side facing the Nervion river, starting 16 meters below the city, another side connecting to the Puente de La Salve bridge. This is the main route […]

April 25 What’s So Great About Bilbao.

Bilbao always existed, it is the 6th largest city in Spain. The biggest port, industrial hub of the north. It’s the center of Basque government, which also includes San Sebastián, and Alava. It is actually the wish of these cities to form their own Basque nation separate and distinct from the rest of Spain. The […]

Bilbao

Nighttime sky in harbor. Sunset after 9pm. Quite cold definitely need to layer up.

First Impression of Bilbao

Beautiful wide avenues lined with trees and parks thru out city. The apartment buildings are so ornate, massive entry way doors, hand carved wood, metal details. Seems like most have terraces, hanging plants. Streets are immaculate, no garbage and very few homeless. It’s Wednesday the streets are full of people walking, shopping and drinking/eating tapas […]