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Cuba - More than old cars
Weather: showery, 16º C
We confirmed, with ourselves, that we had made the right decision on out choice of hotel as it is very central to the Old Town and museums we wanted to visit. We decided to have breakfast at the hotel then find the tram to the Guggenheim Museum. After an 8 minute saunter down the hill we found the tram station. It then took about 10 minutes to sort out how to purchase tickets from the dispensing machines. No one else came by so we could not look over shoulders. The machines dispense tickets for all forms of transport as the tram station was at a hub.
Finally sorted we then had to get the tickets validated before we got on the tram. We did know about this requirement and we did know to look for a green machine. Don’t know why they had to hide it though!
Great tram system and easy to get to the museum. It went along the edge of the Old Town and also past the market so we basically had all of our bearings from this trip. Most of it would be walkable although the tram fare is a flat € 1.40 or an all day ticket € 3.80.
The Guggenheim was fantastic as you would expect. There was a disappointment however as the 3rd floor was closed and this was the floor that housed a large part of their permanent collection.
There was a very large exhibition from Paris at the museum. It was entitled “Arte en Guerrea Francia 1938-1947”. It follows the personal experiences and problems experienced by the artistic community leading up to and during the second world war. It was not something that we had thought about or read about but was very interesting as you might imagine.
One of the photos we have attached is of “Puppy” the westie (dog). The Guggenheim museum purchased Puppy in 1997 and it is now a permanent fixture at their museum in Bilbao. When living in Sydney we saw Puppy outside the Museum of Contemporary Art.
We left the museum after 6 hours and decided the other museum we had intended to visit today could wait until tomorrow. Now back to the Old Town by tram and somewhere to eat. We managed to find a place that would feed us (something other than just Tapas) before 0830 and shared a good meal that we walked off as we headed back to the hotel.
During the day we saw the name of a bus company and boat company – Bilbobus and Bilboat; makes us wonder if we were in Hobbiton. Friends receiving this who live outside NZ may need to google Hobbiton.
We confirmed, with ourselves, that we had made the right decision on out choice of hotel as it is very central to the Old Town and museums we wanted to visit. We decided to have breakfast at the hotel then find the tram to the Guggenheim Museum. After an 8 minute saunter down the hill we found the tram station. It then took about 10 minutes to sort out how to purchase tickets from the dispensing machines. No one else came by so we could not look over shoulders. The machines dispense tickets for all forms of transport as the tram station was at a hub.
Finally sorted we then had to get the tickets validated before we got on the tram. We did know about this requirement and we did know to look for a green machine. Don’t know why they had to hide it though!
Great tram system and easy to get to the museum. It went along the edge of the Old Town and also past the market so we basically had all of our bearings from this trip. Most of it would be walkable although the tram fare is a flat € 1.40 or an all day ticket € 3.80.
The Guggenheim was fantastic as you would expect. There was a disappointment however as the 3rd floor was closed and this was the floor that housed a large part of their permanent collection.
There was a very large exhibition from Paris at the museum. It was entitled “Arte en Guerrea Francia 1938-1947”. It follows the personal experiences and problems experienced by the artistic community leading up to and during the second world war. It was not something that we had thought about or read about but was very interesting as you might imagine.
One of the photos we have attached is of “Puppy” the westie (dog). The Guggenheim museum purchased Puppy in 1997 and it is now a permanent fixture at their museum in Bilbao. When living in Sydney we saw Puppy outside the Museum of Contemporary Art.
We left the museum after 6 hours and decided the other museum we had intended to visit today could wait until tomorrow. Now back to the Old Town by tram and somewhere to eat. We managed to find a place that would feed us (something other than just Tapas) before 0830 and shared a good meal that we walked off as we headed back to the hotel.
During the day we saw the name of a bus company and boat company – Bilbobus and Bilboat; makes us wonder if we were in Hobbiton. Friends receiving this who live outside NZ may need to google Hobbiton.
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Ros Ahhhhhhhhhh remember it all Puppy...was he/she covered in flowers? Did you take the cable car up the hill to look back on Guggenheim? And Dont miss seeing it at night...just beautiful when that titanium is lit....
Gael OMG - I wonder how long some of that hangs there before it gets sold!!??
Gael Love the Westie! Another project for Ron perhaps?
Trish Maman the spider - I also saw her at the National Art Gallery at Ottawa (eggs and all!!). Really enjoying reading about your travels.