Category: Travel

Travel

Industrial Guggenheim

I jist love old photos of how the city was before various development. It takes a huge vision and leap to tear out old stuff.

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Feet hurt, going home

Inside, I really enjoyed the permanent exhibit of large steel plates in graceful shapes. I also found the Museum of Baque Nationalism, which covers a

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Sunday at the Beach

It’s awfully nice to visit where the well-to-do live and play. And the metro makes it so easy. The city subway replaced local surface trains

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Roaming

It’s too hot for rapid walking, so a train ride and some sauntering is in order on a Saturday. The train station had some interesting

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City life

I’m kind of bummed that Google Glass tanked. I would wear glasses that recorded everything I could see if they weren’t super obvious. Cameras are

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Too much geology!

Totally random pick from Google Maps. Cueva ermita de San Bernabé+34 645 49 02 88https://maps.app.goo.gl/PJwBDg4ogtcXmesF8 Cueva is cave and ermita is hermitage and the first

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Video links

Well, it’s not been so easy finding fast enough wi-fi, and I don’t really have many videos. Perhaps the only nice motorcycle ride video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/a1fjViZhUhoBeFYL9

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OMG, WTF, IKR?

Still overwhelmed. Somehow these mountains are… I don’t know, a bit frightening, a bit violent, very mesmerizing, always shocking, like I just want to fall

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The pain that is lunch

I really don’t like stopping at a restaurant for lunch. It takes forever. It’s impossible to get the check. Zero eye contact after eating. Simply

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Somiedo

Get moving, Carol! To the very top, again. I will try to post a video some time. After driving up a crazy road, it’s a

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In motion

It is pretty physically and mentally challenging to be outside, in motion, on twisty roads, all day every day. My body is tired, the eating

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Beyond the Picos

After a very important cheese stop, off for another riding day, ready for rain. Not many photos today, the trip SW from Potes to Raiño

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Picos

The star attraction that drew me to this area is Picos de Europa national park. This afternoon I did what I’ve been planning for months,

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Rocks and Roll

Mind blown. All hats off to Spanish road builders. At some point, this country committed to building roads to the tiniest mountain villages. Villages that

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Gaudí

Some day I may get to Barcelona to see the many works of psychadelic architect Antoni Gaudí, but for now, I have to settle for

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