Bilbao....

The Guggenheim Bilbao art museum... But there's more to Bilbao than just the Guggenheim.
We arrived in Bilbao on the first day of Aste Nagusia, festival week. The whole town was just a rowdy party venue. We were fortunate/unfortunate enough to get a room in a guesthouse opposite one of the stage areas. Fortunate because we had a bird's eye view. Unfortunate because the party starts from 4pm and lasts till 8am = no sleep.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/traffickjem/album?.dir=/3cb2&.src=ph&.tok=ph9VboDBXgt13oCX

Here's more about the Guggenheim. The building alone is a work of art. I love the concept of how the galleries are broken up, so that it is not one continuous gallery after another (like Louisiana). Everything revolves around the Atrium which is the heart of the building, pumping visitors from one gallery to another but making sure that everyone returns back to the "heart". I thought there was some Gaudi influence in the interior structure but I guess thats just too much Barcelona... or maybe not... :D
Unfortunately they do not allow photography inside the building. What a shame.

http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/ingles/home.htm