We have only been in Spain a few days however we have covered a lot of ground. For the last two days we decided to head back into the Pyrenees Mountains for a couple of quick walks. It seems there is always plenty to see in Spain.

The UNESCO listed bridge/gondola at Bilbao. The Vizcaya Bridge was built to connect the two banks which are situated at the mouth of the Nervion River.  Built in 1893, designed by  Alberto Palacio, one of Gustave Eiffel’s followers.

 

If you’re pet dies and you can’t say good bye….. try a stylish pair of sandals made from it’s pelt, or some other bits.

 

We stumbled upon a zoo with Spain’s rarest animal now only seen in captivity. This, the very rare view from the back, a sort of giant mouse not unlike Ratoncito Perez mentioned a little later.

 

An Archaeological site.

 

Early man knocking out a quick cave painting to sell at the markets on Domingo….sorry Sunday we’ve been here longer than I thought!

 

Lots of lovely scenery.

 

And lets not forget the wild flowers and yes pictures were taken, good lord were pictures taken, this being less than five percent last count!

 

I made a new friend, I call him 4299.

 

Jen found a slug, She calls him Slug.

 

Churches. One village had six houses, four churches and eight residents. That one point five people per house, two people per church and one of the people at the church has to be the one out the front doing the spruiking.

 

By the way, a free beer to who can name the town and country in Europe responsible for the Goggomobile (if you look at the picture the deal is off). I thought it was Italy.

Folklore

‘El Coco’ , a monstrous creature that eats children if they cause trouble. Incorporating this story in rhymes or lullabies is popular, and many parents use it to encourage children to go to bed. So you’re five and you are going to bed while El Coco is hanging around…….right!

Ratoncito Perez, a mouse who lived in a box of cookies with his family in Madrid, and ran through pipes to reach the bedrooms of the kids who had lost their teeth. Great, rats in the house as well as El Coco.

Hercules. There are several versions of the legend of Hercules forming of the Pyrenees. One involved Atlas and his daughter Pirene who was the most beautiful of the goddesses. Apparently there was a bit of a tiff and Herc more than a little cheesed off set to work on the Spanish / French border.

 

 

So it’s goodbye to Herc’s lovely “pair-of -knees” sorry Pyrenees. Industrial deafness.