Week-end in the Basque country

Now, the English version ;-)

Last week-end, as there was a free day on Tuesday (to celebrate the end of the 2nd World War), we finally decided to go to Spain to enjoy one of my last quiet moments (I will begin a new job on May 21st while going on my current job...).

We went first to Bilbao. It's been such a long time since I've wanted to visit the Guggenheim Museum! And I must say I've not been deceived at all, all the contrary. The Museum is very beautiful (its arquitecture is a real success) and it has a very interesting collection (usually I'm not fond of Modern and contemporary art, but it is very well designed and explained so that you learn many things and don't see time passing while inside). Actually, the entire city of Bilbao is worth a visit : the buildings are charming, and all the city has experimented a urban renovation that I liked a lot (parks, modern bridges, ways along the river...).

Then, we drived along the coast of Biskaia (one of the 3 regions of the Spanish Basque country). We visited many nice villages (among them the famous "Guernica") and we stopped in a camping where we could get up with the Oceand and the Coast in front of us :-)

Finally we spent 2 hours in San Sebastian before coming back to Bordeaux (and to work :-(

As you can imagine, it was great to speak Spanish and taste Spanish atmosphere again (despite the fact that the Basque Country is not completely representative of Spain) :-)

Agur!

fin de semana en Vizcaya

Decidimos al ultimo momento aprovechar ese puente del 8 de mayo para ir a visitar el museo Guggenheim de Bilbao y pasar unos dias en el Pais vasco español.

Reservamos un hotel por internet, casi sin mirarlo mucho, y buena sorpresa : nos toco un hotel de lujo (mucho mejor que cualquier otro hotel del mismo precio en Francia!).

Visitamos el museo (con una exposicion muy interesante y una arquitectura impresionante) y la ciudad de Bilbao (preciosa : un verdadero éxito en tema de renovacion urbana).

Luego fuimos a San Sebastian en coche por la costa vizcayana : vimos unos puertos y unos pueblos muy bonitos.

Paramos en Guernica para visitar todo aquello, y de camino a San Sebastian paramos a dormir en un camping (ya no nos quedabamos dinero para una noche mas en un hotel jejeje) con una vista increible del mar cantabrico desde la tienda!

Acabamos con una visita rapida de San Sebastian, pero como teniamos que regresar ya (yo tenia que trabajar temprano al dia siguiente), no pudimos ver muchas cosas... asi que habra que volver ;-)

Por supuesto estaba encantada de hablar español de nuevo, de mostrar a Olivier la vida española que quiero yo tanto y de comer queso, jamon, aros de cebolla, tortilla, chocolate a la taza... :-)