Imagine this if you will.
We are sitting on a café terrace, overlooking one of the world’s GREAT modern buildings. It is early evening, the sun has disappeared but has left some of its light behind, with a partial moon now fully visible waiting for its turn. The weather is perfect, clear sky, no breeze and about 20 degrees. There is a very good 3 piece jazz band playing just a few metres away while we enjoy a cold and refreshing drink in the company of many other people enjoying the experience. The building in front of us is starting to take on a whole new character as the light changes. This is not one of my fantasies – this is real – this is us in Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, in a Sunday evening, taking the time to reflect on our visit today to the Guggenheim Museum. What a building, what a place, what an experience.
The next couple of photos give just a taste of what we have .seen today. I will post a separate blog with more photos. For more information about the Guggenheim Bilbao check out http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/?idioma=en 
We arrived in Bilbao this morning (Sunday) after a long (9+ hours) drive from Lodeve, most of which we did yesterday. We have come to Spain for a few days because another couple are using our apartment for 5 days on their way back to Australia after a trip on the Canal Midi.
Our main destination was, and is San Sebastien, where we will be going tomorrow, but we have wanted to see this museum since it was first opened in 1997. We have not been disappointed, in fact we have been blown away by it. It may be not everybody’s taste in architecture, but to us it is magnificent. Where does architecture end and art begin? Or is architecture art?
Apart from the Guggenheim, the whole Bilbaon experience has been a very positive one, with the city far exceeding our expectations, admittedly based on insufficient pre-reading. It is a city of more than 350,000 people, located in a strategic part of the Spanish Basque region, that has had a major re-birth over the past 10-15 years, particularly after the completion of the Guggenheim. It should be on the agenda of every visitor to Spain – we will be back. A quick look at some of Bilbao follows:
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