Somewhere in the middle of a cozy siesta moment last week, I decided that since I didn’t have plans for a longer weekend trip this weekend, a day trip to someplace nearby would be a great idea. And, I thought, I’ll choose a place that is relatively close to both Logrono and Burgos so that I could invite Jennis and Lucy and make a lovely weekend of it. So, i suggested Bilbao and we were on our way. Now, Bilbao is also conveniently close to San Sebastian, so I suggested to The Boy that he come, too. (P.S. I promise I didn’t choose Bilbao for this reason, it just happened to be a nice added side benefit! Haha)
Jennis, Lucy and I all arrived around 10:30 in the morning and started walking through the center of town, following Gran Via to the Casco Viejo (= old town) of Bilbao for a coffee. And despite the fact that we were all pretty darn cold when we arrived, the day was sunny and shortly became glorious. We were all dressed for the winter that it’s become here, and we were all shedding layers by about noon. But we ended up in a cafe near to a pretty church in a plaza (haha, I feel like that phrase could pretty much describe Anywhere, Spain) where a wedding was about to happen, so we gawked like tourists and admired the novia (= bride).
Side note: weddings here seem SO much fancier than they are at home! Like, obviously the bride and groom are dressed up and gorgeous, but everyone else is practically in ball gowns and perfectly coiffed. Intense.
From there we wandered some more, finding a new plaza and climbing this huge long set of stairs that ended in a cute park where some guys were playing pick-up soccer. Oh, not to mention that it had a fabulous view of the city! At this point, The Boy called, having driven and parked someplace in the city, so we found another plaza to have coffee in and wait.
I’d like to say that while I wasn’t nearly as nervous about seeing him this time as I was the first time, I WAS kind of nervous about him meeting my friends and how the two worlds would come together. But if there are any people here that I’d want him to meet, it’d be Lucy and Jennis. And of course, I had absolutely no reason to worry, as usual. There was mutual liking of the other by everyone involved, and we passed the rest of the
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
day nicely wandering around the Casco Viejo, tapeando in the Plaza Nueva for lunch and then heading over to the Guggenheim Museum to admire its strange beauty. We ended up in a park by the Guggenheim for a mid-afternoon drink before going to the bus station to go our separate ways.
Oh, and did I mention that the day was kinda perfect?
