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CTyankee

(65,016 posts)
1. Amazing city! I was there in 2008 and it was wonderful. The Guggenheim Museum is
Sun May 24, 2015, 03:42 PM
May 2015

fabulous -- I saw Twombly's Ah! The Peonies there and was carried away by them. This was an old "rustbelt" city that was completely redone by art and architecture. It is now a tourist destination for people who want to experience something very different, yet the same in terms of great Spanish art, food and wine.

elleng

(136,043 posts)
2. It's one of the cities I've wanted to see, yank.
Sun May 24, 2015, 03:49 PM
May 2015

We the family of 4, on our France trip 24 years ago, spent a couple of days in/around the Pays Basque, mostly in France. It's a fascinating place.

CTyankee

(65,016 posts)
3. Time to go back, Ellen! It's all changed now...
Sun May 24, 2015, 04:20 PM
May 2015

Thanks to Gehry and Sir Norman Foster you've got a whole new Basque capital...You will rave about the Guggenheim. Trust me.

CTyankee

(65,016 posts)
4. It's nice to stop at Pamplona, also. It is a gracious, elegant town with very well
Mon May 25, 2015, 06:50 AM
May 2015

dressed, polite people. You wouldn't know it by the photos we all see of the two running of the bulls on their way into the bullfighting arena, which look like real melees.

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