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| San Roke Festival, Guernica |
We met Tracy and Max at the Guggenheim in Bilbao about lunch time, but the queue was so long we decided to go straight to Guernica.
The Basque parliament used to hold their meetings under an ancient oak tree in the town until 1876. During the Spanish Civil War on 26 April 1937 Franco asked Hitler to destroy the town, and about 2,000 men, women and children were killed as the planes bombed the town on market day. We visited the Peace Museum which told the story of the massacre and looked at wider implications of war and world peace. It was the 70th anniversary of the bombing and there was an exhibition of Picasso’s preparatory sketches for his painting of the massacre and a copy of the painting itself.
Guernica’s five day San Roke festival was taking place, and the whole town was in Fiesta mood, with tables laid out along the pavements with food and wine as a variety of entertainments took place, including brass bands, dancing, children’s entertainment and dancing groups. We went to see the national Basque game Pelota, which is rather like squash but played with the bare hand. As we headed towards the car after a meal, there was a fantastic firework display.
The weather improved on Friday so after a late start and long lunch with Max and Tracy (including several bottles of wine) we spent the afternoon on the beach and had a Bar-B-Que at the caravan – our first Bar-B-Que this year!
SANTANDER MARINA: 40 euros a night, free showers
Guernica’s five day San Roke festival was taking place, and the whole town was in Fiesta mood, with tables laid out along the pavements with food and wine as a variety of entertainments took place, including brass bands, dancing, children’s entertainment and dancing groups. We went to see the national Basque game Pelota, which is rather like squash but played with the bare hand. As we headed towards the car after a meal, there was a fantastic firework display.
The weather improved on Friday so after a late start and long lunch with Max and Tracy (including several bottles of wine) we spent the afternoon on the beach and had a Bar-B-Que at the caravan – our first Bar-B-Que this year!
SANTANDER MARINA: 40 euros a night, free showers
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