Saturday, July 24, 2010

Day 21 - The Pilgrimage Begins...

A dream I never thought I’d see come to fruition is happening. After more than 12 years of waiting, I’m finally seeing IN REAL LIFE the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao by Frank Gehry.


Ever since I was a wee one, I’ve been obsessed with architecture and architectural books (you know, the coffee-table sized ones). Now, don’t get me wrong, there are some awesome buildings from the Roman age, but to me, there is absolutely nothing like modern architecture. And, to me, the epitome of modern architecture is the Guggenheim.

Gehry has designed some ridiculous buildings, but after seeing a good majority of pictures of his work, there is nothing that compares to the Gugg. And all I’ve seen of it so far is what I caught when we rode by on tram last night. I told everyone I jizzed myself J

Earlier today, I spent all day in bed. Woke up wanting to go to school because I love my first class, but I could tell something wasn’t quite right with my body. I figured I would get up and try and eat breakfast, but I think that only ended up making me sicker. So, I laid down, threw up, then slept all day.

I was so worried that I wasn’t going to make the trip, but I was pretty damn determined that I would get on that bus whether or not I felt 100%. Luckily, I felt a lot better after laying in bed all day, and the 5 hour bus ride really wasn’t that bad. Absolutely gorgeous views!

Got here, had a wee bit of trouble finding our hotel, but after we did, we went in search of food. Kebabs, fries, and Coke. On the sidewalk. Priceless.

It’s now technically the next day, and I woke up this morning after 5 hours of sleep, and laid in the warm Jacuzzi bath for at least 45 minutes listening to “Continuum” cranked all the way up on my iPod. It was absolutely glorious. I can’t even describe how good it was to have a bath after a month without because my host family only has a shower.

About to eat an apple with crunchy peanut butter for breakfast and head on to heaven J

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