Explore Bilbao's Guggenheim and La Coruńa 1st c Lighthouse | Oceania Iberia, Morocco & France, Ep 5

Explore Bilbao's Guggenheim and La Coruńa 1st c Lighthouse | Oceania Iberia, Morocco & France, Ep 5.
Oceania Vista.
Welcome to Episode 5 of our Iberia, Morocco & France Vlog series with Oceania.
Our 6-part series (+ a full ship tour walkthrough, and room tour) was filmed over 14 nights, during our cruise aboard Oceania Vista from Barcelona to Southampton, August 2023, where visited Spain, Morocco, Portugal and France (the itinerary heavily focused on the Iberian region), on our way to Southampton England.
This episode covers La Coruña and Bilbao.
THE SERIES DOCUMENTS
Barcelona (where we spent a week exploring pre-cruise, largely focusing on Gaudí, a 1908 music hall, and the Zoo);
Malaga (where we explore Alcazaba Fortress);
Tangier (where we visited Cap Spartel, the Hercules Cave and wandered the Casbah);
Cadiz (where we visited Castillo de Santa Catalina and the waterfront);
Lisbon (where we toured Belem Tower, Discoveries Monument, and Praça do Comércio);
Porto (where we toured the historic center and a Port wine lodge) ;
La Coruña (where we visited Tower of Herculee - the operational 1st century Roman lighthouse, and toured the local marina);
Bilbao (where we visited the iconic Guggenheim Museum, Artxanda Park for a sweeping view of the city, and toured the Old Quarter);
Bordeaux (where, on an overnight, we visited the Place des Quinconces - the home of French Revolution monuments, toured the vlilage of Saint Emilion - touring a wine château, and back aboard, took part in Oceania’s Culinary program - learning to make desserts.
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00:00 Start
03:04 Tower of Hercules
04:56 La Coruña Marina
06:07 Bilbao Sail In
08:34 Artxanda Park
09:58 Bilbao City Tour
11:11 La Ribera Market
12:22 Guggenheim Museum
15:29 Guggenheim Puppy
Images (1434389780, 1772067080, 1772073371) used under license from Shutterstock.com.

[@warrenwolf4690]

My wife and I enjoyed watching this episode together. It was well edited. Just enough verbal explanation. Use of bubble footnotes well researched. The music is not overbearing but is gentle and enhances what is being shown. Well done❤😊

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Thank you both! We certainly do a fair bit of research for the text - the history bits of a place are important to us to cover.

[@joanfreestone1707]

It's good to hear the history behind some of the buildings. Looking forward to the next location.

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Thanks, Joan! Series finale Ep 6 just finished editing. It'll be out next week.

[@michellephan1316]

I like your all your videos! Very clear 🎉🎉.

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Glad you like them!

[@WeatherLoverSky]

You have a great channel. I am happy to support you.

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Thank you!

[@janfox2596]

Another great video, Bob. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Bob & Holly!

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Thank you, Jan!

[@rickinnes]

First video - was impressed 😎

[@InnocentsAbroad]

First on our channel? Thanks, Rick! Please see the 'home page' of our channel - it's very well-organized if I do say so myself 😆 Thank you for watching and for taking time to comment!

[@michellephan1316]

And I like to hear the history too 🎉🎉.

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Thank you, Michelle! We're glad you enooy our creations :)

[@wendingourway]

Wow, those are some pretty awesome destination locations. Always enjoy a local market especially. Wonderful stuff!! Bruce and Otis

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Thanks, Bruce & Otis! The locations we went to were really nice on this itinerary. It was only our second time in Africa, and it was amazing. Thanks for watching, and taking time to leave a comment!

[@idl9ave419]

Two ports I haven't been to myself. Was that spiderman hanging on a column at the 2:50 mark? Fascinating to see the Roman lighthouse. Thanks for showing the interior of the Bilbao Guggenheim - I've seen lots of photos and video of the exterior, but never the inside. (Also interested to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibit - she has had more work shown here, including some mosaics deep in the new underground Long Island RR train station at Grand Central.) I was noticing your background music selections more in this video. Quite nice.

[@InnocentsAbroad]

As ever, thank you for watching and taking the time to leave such detail. It’s really appreciated. Well spotted, that indeed was Spider-Man 😂 I have no explanation for why he is there other than “art“. Roman lighthouse was really cool, and I’m not sure a lot of people make the trip out there, given that the city is such a neat place to conveniently wander around. I’m glad we went, and on a subsequent trip there I’m sure we will go back to that area, as I know that there is an aquarium quite close to the tower. We’ve seen countless photos as well of the outside of the Guggenheim, and it was really nice to be able to go inside; to be completely honest, my favorite part was the puppy outside, but then I love dogs, and most animals 😘 Thanks for the compliment about the music, I quite like the way this came out, even though it’s a rather fast paced episode.

[@erinteichman9009]

Thank you for another lovely & informative video; especially enjoyed "Puppy" at the Guggenheim. We had a ceramic Koons "puppy" living in a Paris apartment when we stayed there in 2022.

[@InnocentsAbroad]

You’re very welcome, Erin! That is awesome that you also had a ceramic version of the puppy. I thought that thing was so cute!

[@arthurscruises9310]

Wow, what an awesome vlog. Love the sail in of both ports. I especially enjoyed the tower of Hercules' light house. Beautiful views of the Port and harbour entrance. The Bilbao Guggenheim museum is so beautiful. I would have spent all day there. Just admiring the architecture and art works, plus photographing as well. Another great vlog and interesting places to visit as well.

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Thank you, Arthur! As a photographer, you'd love both cties for certain, especially I'd think the architecture. The Guggenheim was really cool - we had 2 hours there, and I ocul have easily spent more time seeing it!