Month: November 2016
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El Jardín de Las Delicias, El Bosco, Prado
We spent a few days in Madrid after Donostia-San Sebastián. The Museo Nacional del Prado had just put on a special exhibition that marked the 5th centenary of the death of Jheronimus Bosch – aka El Bosco. This represents the greatest number of Bosch’s works ever to be assembled. Each ticket entitled one to enter…
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Pintxos and tapas, part 2
Pintxos and tapas are usually eaten in bars or taverns as a small snack while hanging out with friends or relatives; thus, they have a strong socializing component, and in the Basque country they are regarded as a cornerstone of local culture. It is also very convenient for tourists too. Our previous post (see part…
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Pintxos and tapas, part 1
While visiting Northern Spain, we had several opportunities to try pintxo. A pincho (literally “thorn” or “spike”) or pintxo (Basque) is a small snack, typically eaten in bars, traditional in northern Spain and especially popular in the Basque country. The first place we went was in Bilbao which is not a touristy spot. There, we paid…
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The Matter of Time – Richard Serra, Guggenheim Bilbao
The largest gallery in Guggenheim Bilbao is the Arcelor Gallery which measures 30 meters wide and 130 meters long (98 ft × 427 ft). The gallery houses Richard Serra’s monumental installation “The Matter of Time” – eight pieces of torqued ellipses made of weathering steel, weighing a total of 1034 ton. That is more than 100…
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Inside the Guggenheim Bilbao
This blog posts will cover what we saw inside the Guggenheim museum Bilbao. An earlier post talked about the outside, click here to read. Here is another view of the Simpson-ish model of the building. Let’s take a look around inside. There is a normal-looking, rather warm and cozy, education center. A cafe with a giant…
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San Sebastián food diary: Va Bene
San Sebastián-Donostia is well known for its collection of Michelin-star restaurants (at least 16 stars in one city, just behind Kyoto – see our visit to Arzak here). It also has a fair share of popular fun restaurant such as Va Bene, just a couple of blocks from where we were staying. It’s a burger…