Not all who wander are lost
Today was a day dedicated to driving to Bilbao, and visiting the Greater Bilbao. Discovering the Farm at Jesuskoa After a wonderful breakfast at Jesuskoa, I walked around the farm and visited the animals. Besides this cute dog, there were a pair of vicious, barking German Shepherds that wanted to eat me alive. I did not…
I woke up in my gorgeous Spanish castle in Hondarribia and before going down for breakfast, walked around the castle and took some pictures of the Basque seaside. Remember, Hondarribia is on the west shore of the Bidasoa river, in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain. Hondarribia – Basque Seaside Begins After a great buffet breakfast (with the addition of fried eggs), Aitor gave us…
We woke up to a quintessentially French Basque Country breakfast in our charming inn at Luz Saint Sauveur. French Basque Country Breakfast Over French bread, American coffee, and croissant, we chatted with the inn manager (and town mayor). He explained the history of the town, the chaos that ensues during Le Tour de France, and…
This morning we met out guide for the next week, Aitor Delgado, at the Claris Hotel around 9AM to make our way from Barcelona to Andorra. I found him on LinkedIn through a mutual connection from my time in Bilbao (I think). Leslie, Aitor, and I had written dozens of emails over the past 2…
The second full day of my Spain excursion was a 3/4 day of work for me, and a city tour of Barcelona, including the Barcelona Gothic Quarter. I got to work early (830AM) after a night of not sleeping, and dreaming wildly about exploding planets. At the Office On the way to the office, which was about a…
The next morning I found my Travelport Barcelona office easily after discovering the cross-street it was near, the name of the building, and a few landmarks on Google maps (yay!). I spent from around 830AM to 7PM in the Travelport Barcelona office, with an hour out for lunch with colleagues at a cute nearby sushi…
