The theme for today was….WET! It was PDR when we left San Sebastián and PDR when we got to Bilbao! We took a local bus for the hour and a half trip to Bilbao and for the first time ever we got to sit up on the top level right at the front of the bus! It would have been a wonderful experience had the view out the window been anything but sheets of rain and foggy windows!
Once we got checked into the hotel, we went our separate ways, as some had 1:30 tickets for the Guggenheim. Irv, Peter, Paul, Luis and I headed over to the old town to grab a bite of lunch. It was a tapas type bar where you go in and just point to the various ones you want. The Lambada ones, with pulled pork were delish! A walk back to the hotel in the rain!
I made three forays out to try and do some shooting but was lucky on the third one. I walked down the river to the Guggenheim to capture some shots of the building and the interesting sculptures around it. I also needed to suss out where we had to meet for our tour on Saturday.We have tickets to the Guggenheim tomorrow, which I am looking forward to!
A stop back to the hotel and some relaxing time while it continued to rain. The rest of the group headed out on an orientation tour, but we opted out since we will be here for three days. Irv, Robin and I then headed over to where we were having dinnex - El Txoko Berria. We had a great meal - pork cheeks for Irv and I plus some jamon croquettas, washed down with some txakoli wine. A stop at a cheesecake shop to sample their yummy wares, then a stroll back to the hotel (in the rain) and some farewells, as this is the end of our tour. We really lucked out to have such a great group to travel with: Bobbi and Dave and Robin and Gary from Estes Park, Colorado, Peter from Amsterdam and Paul from Montpelier, Vermont.