Following our stop at Gaztelugatxe, we finally arrived in Bilbao. We decided to stay one night and so we knew our visit would be limited. After checking in at our hotel, Hotel Hesperia Bilbao, we made the short walk along the Nervion River to the Frank Gehry designed Guggenheim Museum. We did not go inside,…
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Basque Country: Gaztelugatxe
Continuing our travel through Basque Country, we hit the road from San Sebastián fairly early to drive to Gaztelugatxe, which is somewhat on the way to Bilbao, where we’d eventually be spending the night. Nik was a trooper as we drove through a downpour. Luckily the rain had stopped by the time we arrived and…
Last Night in Paris
Once we moved on from the luggage situation, or lack of luggage situation, we took a taxi to our hotel in the 2nd arrondissement for our last night in Paris. The hotel had an old-time feel and our room looked like it was out of Versailles. Our room also had a kick ass looking bar…
Menorca to Paris
When we planned this trip, we found it more cost efficient to fly roundtrip from one city (rather than into Paris and out from Barcelona, for instance) and so that city was Paris. It also was one of the few where we could find a direct flight. After our stay in Menorca we had to…
Barcelona Day 3
On our last day in Barcelona (Wednesday) we slept in a little bit and then headed to Granja M. Viader for a hangover breakfast of a grilled cheese, churros and cokes. I’m not sure how we had this place on our list but it’s one of the oldest places in the city. The grilled cheese hit…
Barcelona Days 1 & 2
Hola from Barcelona! We arrived early evening on Monday (May 15) and after checking in to the hotel, we walked to a nearby laundry that did wash and fold service. #Winning. We didn’t have much of a plan so we referenced the Google map we made ahead of time and went to Ølgod. They had 30…