One of the things that I wanted to do when I went to Spain this time was spend some time in the Basque region. We managed to hit Pamplona, San Sebastian and Bilbao.

Here are some shots of the sunny day at the Guggenheim in Bilbao:

Front of the museum:

You keep them around when they’re fun…
and this one, she’s fun.

Julie doing her Spain pose for me:

The back of the Guggenheim:

Just a bit down the path from the museum;
Julie finds a strange friend:

Bridging the old architecture with the new:

This building was amazing and I don’t think I have every been in a structure quite as interesting. The story behind the Guggenheim family, how this museum ended up here and impact it has had to the region is pretty neat!

My favorite piece was from the Russian collection. It was a fairly large piece 4-5 feet across and about 3+ feet tall. The piece was of men pulling a boat up the river and was done to depict a time after the Revolution in Russia where it was cheaper to use human labor to pull boats up the river than to hire horses or mules. The picture on its own was awesome but after finding that out it was even more intense.

More to come on my summer travels with Julie.