nd help orgnzin trip to Spain

[miles]

OK.  If you really insist on going to Bilbao, here's the way to do it.  Haul ass down the freeway and stay the first night at the Parador in Olite.  Olite is a perfect little gothic town, extremely well preserved.  The next day, cut north to San Sebastian (blow off Pamplona, because you won't have time).  Drive through San Sebastian, wishing you had more time, because it's worth a couple of days by itself.
Head west to Bilbao, which is the Cincinnati of Spain.  Skip everything there except the Guggenheim, because there is nothing else there worth looking at.

Haul ass back to Barca on the freeway.

That leaves you two days, which is about 2/5 of the time you'll wish you'd spent in Barca.


Have fun!

[staedtler]

 

[FJR-UK]

Skip everything there except the Guggenheim, because there is nothing else there worth looking at.

Not completely true ... if you get hungry while you're there, here's the place:

http://www.victormontes.com/en_index.htm

[Gaw]

Not completely true ... if you get hungry while you're there, here's the place:

http://www.victormontes.com/en_index.htm

Hi Jerry,

you really know the important things of Spain!!!

Pimentos tapa is still waiting for you  

[FJR-UK]

Pimentos tapa is still waiting for you

I have NOT forgotten!

We were in France this summer and next year we'll be in the United States. Will the offer hold until 2013?  
 

[Papa Lazarou]

I have NOT forgotten!

We were in France this summer and next year we'll be in the United States. Will the offer hold until 2013?  
 

Why worry, there#s a tapas bar in Ventnor that matches anything Spanish...oh, wait, the Padron IS Spanish...

[FJR-UK]

Why worry, there#s a tapas bar in Ventnor that matches anything Spanish...oh, wait, the Padron IS Spanish...

As long as I have to cross water, I might as well go to Madrid.  

[Papa Lazarou]

As long as I have to cross water, I might as well go to Madrid.  

 

[Gaw]

Jaja, yes the offer doesn't expire

Papa Lazarou, you can join us and enjoy the authentic Spanish Padron  

[staedtler]

well, i got all the reservations done,....cant wait it's gonna be great.

one last thing i haven't figured out yet, been doing some research online (very confusing)
...do i get international plan for the iphone or do i
rent a local cellphn?   if so, i'm not sure if i can get one at the airport or do i have
to find a movistar local, or something like that? have no idea...out of that, is all good

i have a couple of days in Barca before heading to Bilbao,...since i
ll have a car i think i should do a day trip to Figueres and checkout Dali's crib over at port lligat
(i found out there's quite a bit of nude beaches in the area)...smart guy
and its all good cause if i get back aroung 7 or 8 its still way early to go out, looks like
things just start around 10 or so.... u hit the clubs around 2  
im just concerned about day 2  

[Gaw]

Hi Staedtler,

you can buy a prepayment card of Movistar, Vodafone or Orange. There should be a lot of locals in the city. Normally Orange has the cheaper rates. Be sure that your iphone is not locked for your company.

About beaches, well if the weather allows to go to you, be sure in what kind of beach are you entering,.... you know....  

[staedtler]

mamii...!... why is that man naked??  


 




..(got the phone tak'n care of  )

[miles]

The weather is probably going to be too cold for much beach activity.  

Dali's museum is well worth the visit, and so is the Picasso museum in Barca.

If you call AT&T you can set up a temporary international plan. It might be a bit more expensive than the other options, but you'll still be using your same old phone number, if you wantto be able to receive calls as normal. It's also a lot less hassle.

When driving, remember that there are stoplights to enter an intersection and mo leave it- one before the cross street and one on the far side. Look at the one close to you to enter, and the far one to proceed through. It seems odd, but once you understand what's going on it makes sense.

A GPS with fresh Europe maps will do wonders for you sanity. The highways are easy enough to deal with, but the cities are very, very challenging.

[staedtler]

  hey, thanks for the info..that was pretty good






i lived out of cafe con leche, beer, cigarrets, and the pintxos for a solid week....i mean, that was it, no full
meals, i don't even remember drinking water   ... it was great,... loved it!
first cafe con leche at the Barcelona airport, from then on it was...coffee beer coffee beer pincho coffee beer
got my last cafe con leche at the same place i got the first
 


*oye cowboy, baja las patas de la mesa*

[FJR-UK]

Good for you! There were a couple of other very nice tapas bars on that square (one just to the left of Victor Montez on the north-facing side) but I think you found the best place. Did you have caracoles?

[staedtler]

im sure i did (i tried all there was at the square over a couple of days   )... i don't think i tried the caracoles, i had quite a bit of bacalao (cod fish), you know i tried some over in San Sebastian (wow,)...

on our way back to Barcelona we stopped at a place called Sos del rey Catolico, medieval town of 500 people
on top of a hill overlooking the Navarra countryside with the Pirynees way on the background,
and stayed here http://www.elsuenodevirila.com/
next time  you go to Spain, do urself a favour, and go stay there... un belivable   magical