{"id":6418,"date":"2019-08-03T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T03:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/?p=6418"},"modified":"2021-02-23T17:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:30:05","slug":"welcome-to-bilbao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/2019\/08\/03\/welcome-to-bilbao\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Bilbao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We arrived in our airbnb at Bilbao in the early evening, and were taken through the home by our host who moved out of the apartment to live with a friend for the duration of our stay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multi-use room: living room, office (in the left corner), and dining.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of two solariums – you can see the fountain (yellow bowl) in the courtyard. We could hear the water from the fountain at night. Neil would work from here often.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The apartment is on the second floor. Looking into the multi-use room from the solarium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking in from the entrance. The multi-use room is on the left, the kitchen and second bathroom is on the right, Nolan’s bedroom is just ahead on the right. The master bedroom is the first door on the left, and Lara and Felix shared the third bedroom (second door on the left). Lara is standing in the main bathroom at the end of the hallway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Master bedroom, looking in from the solarium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Main bathroom – this was the bathroom that inspired Neil to redo our sink and cabinet on our main floor bathroom two days after our return.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Literally, a half-bathtub. Only long enough for showers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lara and Felix’s room – although more often than not, Felix slept with me and Lara with Neil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second solarium with an additional dining\/working spot at one end,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And laundry at the other. We just hung our clothes to dry on a line. With the windows open, the clothes would dry overnight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The second bathroom off the kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As part of the welcome, the landlord provided us with a morcilla de arroz, a Spanish blood sausage (not pictured), a bottle of local wine,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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and potato dumplings made by his dad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I followed his instructions for heating them up,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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and with a loaf of bread and olive oil, this was our first dinner in Bilbao. After being in the car with the kids, we claimed this little table for us while the kids ate in the dining room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from our dinner table. Couldn’t ask for anything more!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, the apartment came with a parking spot. Navigating to said parking spot, however, was a bit of an ordeal as the corners were incredibly tight – multipoint turns to get around the corners, especially in the evenings and mornings when the lot was full. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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