Spain, Where the God of Awesome Goes to Chill
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So much prettyness, so little time to spend lying on the ground laugh-weeping in awe and glee. Check out the whole album, but as a taste:
A Sphinx for our modern age: "Puppy" by Jeff Koons stands guard in front of the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. As I was taking this picture, a super cute little local kid came up to me and said "He come to Bilbao, so we build him the kennel," and pointed at the building of the century sitting behind it.
As far as small, diverse bites of delicious things, washed down by wonderful wine, served in an unpretentious environment goes, Spanish tapas - pintxos in Basque country - are as good as it gets. Above, various delicious things, all tasty as can be. The highlight, which I didn't get a picture of, was a warm chorizo sausage, wrapped in thin flaky pastry, drizzled with rasberry sauce. Yes.
Barcelona's pigeons are rivalled only by the white royal doves of Bruge in Belgium as the world's finest rats with wings.
And they live in a fittingly regal home - Gaudi's Park Güell, overlooking Barcelona, is one hell of a park / lookout / work of surreal genius.
Santiago Calatrava's dreamy little footbridge is the second most awesome piece of architecture in Bilbao.
Although a pretty frigging distant second....
A Sphinx for our modern age: "Puppy" by Jeff Koons stands guard in front of the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. As I was taking this picture, a super cute little local kid came up to me and said "He come to Bilbao, so we build him the kennel," and pointed at the building of the century sitting behind it.
As far as small, diverse bites of delicious things, washed down by wonderful wine, served in an unpretentious environment goes, Spanish tapas - pintxos in Basque country - are as good as it gets. Above, various delicious things, all tasty as can be. The highlight, which I didn't get a picture of, was a warm chorizo sausage, wrapped in thin flaky pastry, drizzled with rasberry sauce. Yes.
Barcelona's pigeons are rivalled only by the white royal doves of Bruge in Belgium as the world's finest rats with wings.
And they live in a fittingly regal home - Gaudi's Park Güell, overlooking Barcelona, is one hell of a park / lookout / work of surreal genius.
Santiago Calatrava's dreamy little footbridge is the second most awesome piece of architecture in Bilbao.
Although a pretty frigging distant second....
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