The previous posts can be found here and hereOn September 6th we picked up our Citroën Berlingo at the rent-a-car and started our road trip through the Basque Country ( Read more... )

This post covers the Maritime Museum, the Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park, the Puente Colgante and finally San Mamés, the stadium of Athletic Bilbao.

In case you missed the first post, it's here.


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I know I still owe you guys a report and pictures of my previous holidays (Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona), but I'm so excited about the holiday I just spent in the Basque Country that I'm going to post about it first. There will be a lot of pics (ye be warned! XD), and also I met some truly wonderful people, so prepare yourself for excessive ( Read more... )

Today is a sad day, because it is the day of my departure from the beautiful Basque Country, which I've completely fallen in love with. *sniff sniff* Now I'm back in Germany, and I can't stop wishing I had never boarded the plane in Bilbao this afternoon. :/ I so can't wait for December, when I'll return to Bilbao with blue_eyed_miss. *starts counting the days ( Read more... )

hiatus.Tomorrow at 6.30 (yes, in the morning!) my parents will pick me and a friend up and drive us to the airport, where we'll board a plane to Bilbao for our 1-week-holiday in the Basque Country. We're going to see (amongst other places) Bilbao, Vitoria/Gasteiz, Guernica, Lekeitio and San Sebastián/Donostia. (Can you spell excited? *bounces ( Read more... )

And on it goes!

This photo post includes:

• Sefton Park
  
• Chester
  
• Southport
  
• Formby Squirrel Reserve
  
• Irish Sea

Ready? Steady? ( Go! )

Here's the next update of my Liverpool photos! I assume most of you don't care (my latest update got zero comments), but I'm posting the pics for the sake of completeness, and then I'll go prepare my Spain posts.

This photo post includes:

• Pier Head, Three Graces & Waterfront Memorials
  
• Maritime Museum: Exhibition "Gateway to the New World"
  
• "A Taste ( Read more... )

It really does my head in how I cannot even go on holiday without major things happening (of which I remain mostly oblivious until I return home ( Read more... )

Here be the second part of my Liverpool photos! Apologies for the delay!

This photo post includes:

• St. George's Hall
  
• Wellington's Column
  
• Williamson Tunnels
  
• Cavern Quarter
  
• India Buildings
  
• Town Hall
  
• Nelson Monument

Ready? Steady? ( Go! )

You might remember that I'm going to go fly to Spain with my parents on Monday. We're going to do a city tour and visit Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid ( Read more... )