Salamanca—2
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Woke up early, did breakfast at the hotel and took a brisk walk to the Guggenheim Museum. Some 20 minutes later we were face to face with this icon. The architecture of the building, it’s history, the permanent exhibition, the latest exhibition by David Hockney, it is all just too much to take in at once. (Picture: Bilbao 1, 2, etc. The exhibition by David Hockney is in one word, incredible, an absolute must-see. Continue reading
Deba—3
Monday, May 28, 2012
Woke up too late for breakfast at the hotel, so decided to have something to eat in town. Remembered seeing a Vodafone shop the previous evening so went there to get a sim for the ipad. Thirty Euro later I had a sim installed, valid for three months, loaded with 1GB of data, not bad. Continue reading
San-sabastian-old-town–3
Sunday, May 27, 2012
We had a pleasant breakfast after which we packed up and left Cadaques, ostensibly straight for San Sabastian, on the north coast of Spain, a long drive. But, at the last minute we decided to go north along the coast to El Port de la Selva. This is a decision I will never regret. The hotel manager where we stayed mentioned that it was sort of similar to Cadaques, but that was really an understatement. Driving into El Port de la Selva one really just feels at home with the Continue reading
Cadaques-early-evening
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Had a very pleasant flight on air France. Air hosts and hostesses were very friendly, a refreshing change from some airlines who believe their personnel’s “stiff upper lip” attitude can be fobbed off as professionalism. Well done Air France.
Transited via Paris and arrived in Barcelona at around 7:30. Picked up our luggage and proceeded to Avis to pick up the rental car that was booked. With five customers in front of us Continue reading