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Castrapol celebrates in fine style. All of the streets in the town centre are covered
in petals to form a wonderful quilt.
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All roads are closed for 24 hrs to allow the artists time to decorate. The children
are also allowed to stay up for the full 24 hrs.
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A most amazing building, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
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All of the roads around the museum were closed for about an hour as this bicycle
race, a Spanish classic, came thro the town.
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They look rather stern but they play superbly, tap perfect.
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The steepness of Cudillero is amazing, most of the the streets are really staircases
about 5 ft wide.
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A most wonderfully decorated street fountain. The murals cover all three floors.
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Both museums we found in Gijon were free although this one was having all of its
exhibits changed, the other had some really splendid paintings.
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We had climbed this 1500 ft peak, called San Roque, just to see the view of the
harbour in Viveiro
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Sculptures in bronze of four swimmers on the quayside at Santander.
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This pretty castle at Socoa overlooks the harbour of St Jean de Luz.
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And this is the wall protecting the St J' d L' harbour. We anchored here a
few days before this photo.
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At over 50m high it offers superb views over the town and harbour of Getxo.
The bridge is the oldest transporter bridge in the world
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Sunset in Getxo, Bilbao's harbour. And in spite of the dockside cranes it
was a smashing sunset.
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