San Sebastían - 04 de abril

my night of arrival.

Gernika, País Vasco - 4 de abril

Leaving Bilbao... stumbled through a mercado.

Euskara y español. Apparently euskara is the oldest language in the world that is still used today.

Pulpo... he only wanted to shake my hand...

GERNIKA!
During la guerra civil de España, Franco asked for aid from Hitler to conquer País Vasco. Hitler agreed, but only under the condition that he could do anything he wanted. On the 26th of April, 1937. The Luftwaffe destoyed 70% of this spanish pueblo in 2 hours and 46 minutes. There was no military objective to bomb Gernika, as Gernika had no soilders there. Firebombs and bombs of destruction rained on this town, killing thousands of women and children. Franco later blamed it on the anarchists.

Pablo Picasso made this painting to remember the day of 26th of April 1937.

"El Árbol" in the house of Parliament
Very, very old.

Parliament. I see this shot on the news quite frequently.

Public schools.

Pablo Picasso street.

Picasso car (by Citroën) on Picasso Calle.

Catching the Train to San Sebastían!!!

Bilbao, País Vasco - 3 de abril

View from the hostel.

Super-small garbage truck.

GUGGENHEIM

Pac-Man

What could these flowers belong to...?

A garden maybe???

A vertical garden... or wall??Or a giant puppy?

If you guessed giant puppy you win!

The one picture I managed to take inside (illegaly)

It was full of eggs...

Even the stairs are a work of art...

Santa Cruz hippie time in the park. In front of the Museo de las bellas artes.

More hippies.

This hippie was trying to eat plastic.

The architecture was pretty sweet.

Camouflage drive-way.

Out on the docks.

Un palacio.

There was a race on our street later that night to promote the Euskadi language, Euskara.