Greetings from Pais Vasco

All jet-lagged from her East Coast trip a few days back, Wander Iggy's dainty feet started itching again. And it's not athlete's foot. :) Waking up on an early Saturday morning in Amsterdam, we trudged our heavy human-sized baggage and headed South er... North, in the land of pintxos, the Nervion river and Euskera.

Bilbao is the capital of the province of Biscay, an autonomous community in the Basque province. Formerly a heavy industrial town, this metropolitan area was transformed--revitalized, as they describe it. Usually associated with the 'Guggenheim Effect', the city delivered beyond the iconic structure's symbolic association by winning the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize (reads: the Pritzker of Urban Planning) at the World Cities Summit in May 2010.

More Pictures, hopefully soon. :)

XOXO
Wander Iggy and the Becky

This city will be Wander Iggy's home por seis meses. 

El Museo de Guggenheim. This makes for Miss Iggy's second Guggenheim museum 

and second Gehry sighting. This picture was taken from the other side of the river. 

Can you see the Maman as well? 

Just across the Guggenheim is our new hang out: the University of Deusto. 

Oh my, that's a very big gracht. :)

'Gee, he's not a puppy anymore.' :) Or, as the Spanish call it, el perro. 

Goodbye Singapore

 It has been a blast being with you. Singapurple Iggy will miss all the fun you had together.

 (National Museum of Singapore: Favourite hang out)

We'll definitely miss your 'first times'--like that night race you've held in your ever-clean streets, where our 'pambato' (bet) won albeit the controversy (wow, who knew it got this exciting?).

 

And all the friendships we fostered, despite our anti-social 'front'.

(Miss Iggy likes 'em boy bands)

'excuse me, but is there wifi here?'

And free, public wifi all you want.

We'll meet again, Singapore.

Love,

Wander Iggy (formerly known as Singapurple Iggy)