5-7 julio 2018. Bilbao, Espana

De regreso a Espana.

I arrived late after traveling all day. Carla picked me up from the airport with only 3 hours of sleep. Our first priority was the nearest free parking space. We went to Parque Europa. Bilbao's language was foreign to us. We slept and looked for a hostel to shower in the next morning.

We walked through Santuxu and Casco Viejo and found luck at the Quartier Bilbao Hostel. We also stopped at some second hand stored to find blankets and other items to make our road trip more comfortable.

I wish I had walked across the Zurizubi Bridge. We walked along the river until we came across the Guggenheim. Carla requested that we get food before we walked in. We got doner kabob and celebrated. We spent the entire afternoon inside the Guggenheim until closing. We started with Richard Serra's installation "Matter of Time".
https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/works/the-matter-of-time/

https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/
https://arteychina.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/
https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/exhibitions/chagall-breakthrough-years-1911-1919/
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/marc-chagall
https://www.theartstory.org/artist-chagall-marc.htm
https://joanavasconcelos.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/
https://lta.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/

https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/the-building/
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http://joanavasconcelos.com/video_en.aspx?oid=569&vid=26

We walked for more than 6 hours that day. Some of that time was because we were misdirected and got lost on the way back to the car. Also, I was searching for Invader.

http://www.space-invaders.com/world/bilbao/
https://www.slideshare.net/rvleb/space-invaders-bilbao

The next morning we returned to the showers. We were given delicious Starbucks strawberry frappucino sample shots with coupons on our way to breakfast. On the way back, we cashed in on the coupons with fruit ice frappes and spent hours recharging and mapping our journey for the next few days. We showered, bought groceries, didn't get towed, and prepared to drive towards Santander.

The intention was to find shelter before nightfall. We ended up in Laredo and enjoyed dinner on a bench by the beach. we watched people walking on the path for a while before moving the car into a side street by the beach.