bilbao breakfast

ok, re-winding back in time...

here's a shot from my hotel bedroom window in bilbao

sweet view of the guggenheim.

we breakfasted all three mornings at the same little cafe we discovered

on our last visit to bilbao in maybe 2002. i can't remember what it's called

but it's on the road opposite the jeff koons puppy which sits outside the gugenheim.

here's the view from outside the cafe looking back towards the museum.

it's a fantastic building don't you think ?

the cafe is decorated with old paintings of ships, photos of athletic bilbao

and signed hard hats from the workers on the guggenheim museum.

it's a corking little place

and the food is excellent

at breakfast time all the little pinxtos are lined up on the bar

i can't believe i didn't photograph my breakfast... maybe i was in a hurry to eat it ?

i photographed my coffee though... a cortado

if you're ever in bilbao and in the need of breakfast... seek out this place.

( and watch the barman's face when you order up freshly squeezed orange juice )