Here are some of our favorites of the day:
"The Thinker" by French artist Auguste Rodin. The sculpture is usually housed at the Musée Rodin in Paris, but coincidentally is in Bilbao until February.
It's on Calle Gran Vía, completely free and open to the public and/or passers by.
It's a really pretty sculpture, and by pure luck it happened to be visiting Bilbao the same time we are.
How crazy!
And, here's a shot of Gran Vía at its best. Bilbao rains like Seattle (that's why they call it the "green country" in northern Spain), so when it's a pretty day, you have to take advantage!
This is la Universidad de Deusto, our school:
And of course, the Guggenheim museum:
Before I use up too much space on the blog, I'll stop there. But please check out the online album if you're interested in seeing more.
Oh, and one more thing about the alcohol: we quickly learned that even though some wine is cheaper than water, good wine isn't. I.e., the .98€ bottle of wine that we bought last night = not a great idea and is subsequently somewhere down the drain. Yuck.
5 comments:
I enjoyed the pictures very much. What river is in the background behind the picture on the bridge.
The grand via looks pretty cool too.
There is a river that separates Deusto from the bigger part of town. The Spanish word for river is río, but they call the river La Ría in its feminine form. There's a huge bridge that goes from one side to the other, and we cross that bridge each day after getting off the tram (the tram is how we get to school each morning). Glad you enjoyed it! It's beautiful, but we miss everyone already!
Absolutely breath taking!
I am soooo envious!!
Love,
Mom (Rebecca)
I love reading your blog and seeing the pictures. MaMa doesn't have a computer but I told her I will make sure she sees this. Thanks for sharing!
Aunt Doylene
Nice pictures, Bana. The images show such a beautiful, clean city. I am so happy that you and Cade are experiencing this trip at such a young age. Enjoy every moment!
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