Zamudia: the Camino resumes on the highway through this generic looking town. |
The path climbs toward Mt. Avril. |
Coming down from Mt. Avril, we deviate from the Camino to look for a good view of Bilbao. It's safer than it looks - otherwise the risk-averse wife would not agree to it. |
Bilbao during descent from Mt. Avril: there it is - Guggenheim Museum. |
first suburbs of Bilbao: not an instant attraction for us unlike these dogs seem to have for each other |
Bilbao: The Basilica coming into view as we descend into the Begona district. |
Bilbao: the Camino takes us to the edge of Old Town |
Bilbao: Old Town coming into view |
Bilbao: Old Town |
Bilbao: our hip and funky boutique hotel with stove pipes to nowhere |
Bilbao: good people watching from our hotel room balcony. Restaurants are busy at 3pm |
Bilbao: exquisite preparations at Gure Toki. A popular scallop pintxo (a foie gras dish on right). |
Bilbao: bacalao al pil pil con txangurro at Gure Toki |
Bilbao: Plaza Neuva lined with pintxo bars |
It's 8:15pm which is normally past our dinner time. We decide to have a light meal which means, yes, more pintxos. But how are we going to have some fruits and vegetables, which we need daily? What would Mrs. Obama say about our diet today? This is probably a common dilemma for visitors to Basque Country - how to fit all the culinary experiences into a limited amount of time and stomach capacity. But for now we want to do justice to Irritzi, another popular bar which thankfully is not too full. We grab the ones we like, eat and pay - all in thirty minutes. I need a place like this for lunch at work!
Bilbao: an attempt to include some fresh fruits in our meals |
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