April 2006 (Semana Santa): The Basque Country

Bilbao

Guggenheim!








Another cool building:


The cool choreographed fountains:


That creepy parade:






I felt a little bad turning their problems into a tourist's photo op, but...


Guernica

Doesn't this:


kind of look like an interpretation of this?


San Sebastian

...was all about scenery and cider.




I'm an absolute sucker for waves on rocks and beaches at night.








Chillida sculptures




The cider house


Pamplona

I liked Pamplona okay, but it didn't really speak to me in a way that made me want to take a lot of photos. This is the main entrance to the bullring:


Crazy writing on a monument. Maybe it's an old Basque alphabet? I dunno.


You would never see a bridge like this in the US. No railings, it's angled, and between each section was an open gap about six inches wide. The possibilities for lawsuits are endless....