Basque Country - 2016
In June 2016 wife Patricia and I joined a Rick Steves tour of the Basque Country of southern France and northern Spain. Our nine days yielded some good photos, and they are seen here.
Steeples in Bayonne
Bayonne -- canned seafood for every taste.
Have Pillow Will Travel -- St-Jean-Pied-du-Port
Resting Beneath the "Butterfly" -- "Txitxipapa" is one of several Basque words for "butterfly."
Looking into the Abyss -- Roncesvalles, Spain
I Want! -- Pamplona, Spain -- while the city celebrated its divisional futbol victory.
Whazzup? -- Pamplona -- A repeated theme throughout this Basque series is teenagers and their cell phones.
Night Street I -- Pamplona
Eternal Labor -- Pamplona -- Church of San Saturnino
Wet -- Pamplona - in front of Ayuntamiento de Pamplona (City Hall). An HDR photo.
Where Hemingway Sat -- Pamplona - Cafe Iruña
Music Amidst the Garbage -- Pamplona
Beach -- San Sebastián
Love Me, Love My Cellphone -- San Sebastián
Pintxos -- San Sebastián -- the Basque name for "tapas"
The Good Shepherd -- San Sebastián -- Catedral del Buen Pastor. An HDR photo.
A Good Use for Churches -- San Sebastián -- as a handball court
Red Boat, Large Trawlers -- Getaria
Squid Boats -- Getaria. An HDR photo.
Beauty and the Beast -- Guernica ("Gernika" in Basque)
Baroque -- Bilbao -- St. James Cathedral. It's a guess. (An HDR photo.)
Please .... -- Bilbao -- I am struck by people begging at the doors of Cathedrals. It seems to me an especially poignant commentary on the society religious.
"Maman" -- Bilbao Guggenheim Museum -- title of Louise Bourgeois's sculpture
Industrial Decay -- Bilbao -- a four-part series. Seen from a boat ride on Bilbao's river.
Basque Antiquities I -- Bilbao - first of several photos of people dressed in late 19th century attire, engaged in some sort of street gathering.
Meetings on the Steps -- Bilbao -- Miguel Unamuno Plaza
I have no idea! -- Bilbao -- what better photo to end the series?