My wife does not share the same passion about Unesco´s list as I do. To me every site is worth a visit, to her only a few. I have visited some sites on my own but soon found out that sharing is a big part of the fun. So I had to think of something to get her accompanying me. She´s okay with visiting charming old cities but is less enthusiastic about industrial heritage and stuff like that.

I, for one, like the steel monsters such as Vizcaya bridge. My wife however couldn´t care less. What she does like is laying on the beach getting a tan. So when I told her that we `had` to see this hanging transporter bridge I made sure to tell her that sea and sand were around the corner. Besides that, it wouldn´t take too long to see a bridge would it? Only than she was willing to go. Quid pro quo sort to speak.

Unfortunately on arrival the weather wasn´t sunny. Clouds in the air blocked the sun. As my wife had ben looking forward tot his day she now was very disappointd. “Sorry honey”, I said, “but I can’t control the weather! But since we are here anyway and there is no need to go over tot he beach…. we might as well take the elevator for a nice view from upstairs. She let herself talk into it and off we’d go. I really liked it up there but, looking at my better half, I think it´s better not to go when you have a fear of heights...

All in all I had a nice `tick` and, for those who worried, I made it up with my wife as well. Bilbao is only a ten minute drive away and is anice city full of cider and pintxos bars. Something we both like. We had a great day spending the rest of our time drinking and eating the Bask tapas. The town´s cathedral is part of the routes to Santiago in Spain, another WHS, so we did have a look as well overthere. We finished our day at Gehry's worldfamous Guggenheim museum, a building I had in my missing top 50 sites.