The ride from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao was fun, through the mountains all the way, there was only a short stretch of toll road at the beginning which I avoided by going down a back road. The back roads are fun but the speed limit is 90kph which is ignored, mostly. A Police car went past in the opposite direction when I was doing 110kph and I was worried for a few minutes because in Australia that would mean they would do a U turn and come after me to save the world from a dangerous criminal and fine me $800 but here in Spain even the Police acknowledge it is not a heinous crime. Police motorcyclists wave to me as they go past at a 150kph hahaha. 566kms in 6:12hrs.
Heading out
Wind turbines
Mountains
Unusual Bridges
Tunnel
Out of one Tunnel and
into another
Mountains
National Parks
Interesting Mountains
Interesting Mountains
Interesting Mountains
Misty
The Sea
And a Bridge in the Middle
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An S bridge
Never seen one before
Gasolina and give my rear end a break hahaha
First stop was the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao fantastic architecture and some fantastic exhibits inside, in other words, come and see for yourself. As a bonus there was a special exhibition of iconic automobiles.
Art under the Bridge
Guggenheim
The mist is created
Big Spider
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Weird and Wonderful
The Puppy
The Puppy
The Puppy
Holy Place
Inside the Guggenheim
A maze, sort of
Mazes
A straight maze
In the middle
Basque Steel
Basque Steel
The Ceiling
Genius
Door and couch grass
Genius
My name is Richard
Genius
Looking at the Mazes from above
Pretty
Scrolling Art
Close up
Rolls Royce
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Fry your eggs in the back window
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The Original Mini
James Bond
E type
Ferrari
Mercedes
Mercedes
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Batmobile
Bertone having fun
Interesting
4 cylinders only?
FI work of art
The Firebirds 1, 2 and 3
The Firebirds 1, 2 and 3
The Firebirds 1, 2 and 3
The Firebirds 1, 2 and 3
The Firebirds 1, 2 and 3
The Firebirds 1, 2 and 3
Dead man
Dead man 2
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Looking down
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Mist man made
More steps
Puppy
Sprinklers
Tapas
Tapas
The Centre of Bilbao
The Metro
The old town is the next place to go in Balboa. For a change it was not raining, I wandered around, had lunch at the Market, a huge variety of Pinchos which are tapas by another name, nothing particularly remarkable in the rest of the city. Went on a ride on the Funicular to a lookout with views of the city.
I enjoyed this post so very much! Two specific comments on two of your pictures: that big spider art installation is identical to the one on the grounds of the national Gallery of Art in Ottawa, Canada. We were there just last month.
I’m surprised you don’t get those Magnum bars in Australia! They’re one of my favorites and come in so many different sizes.
Chris's space 
I enjoyed this post so very much! Two specific comments on two of your pictures: that big spider art installation is identical to the one on the grounds of the national Gallery of Art in Ottawa, Canada. We were there just last month.
I’m surprised you don’t get those Magnum bars in Australia! They’re one of my favorites and come in so many different sizes.
Magnum’s are available in Australia but not the Double Chocolate variety.
Double chocolate is synonymous with Chris Desmond!
Some great pics there Chris! 😁 x
Thank you Helen