From Cosgaya, we started north. BTW, this photo of the road worker was taken out of the front window of the car. It is actually a automated person. His right arm moves up and down with the flag to warn drivers to slow down in this construction area. Also, I don't think I mentioned how nice the highways were in Spain. Very well maintained and not much traffic except in the cities. Not much 18- wheeler traffic either.
So, as we headed north, we again looked for something for little boys to enjoy and to use up their energy. We found the Cabarceno Wildlife Park.
It looked a little like Jurassic Park as we drove through tall trees and mountainous outcrops.
There were at least 40 bears in a huge enclosure. We have at least 50 pictures of these guys who were quite entertaining!
My close up for those of you who have never seen the eyelashes of an ostrich.
Mountain gorillas - Dad and baby.
Lots more animals....
Next we stopped at this Monastery out on this rock in the ocean. The kids and grandkids made the hike as far as they could before running into a closed gate. Foggy weather that day making this look all the more mysterious!
We ended up our day's travels having gone through Bilbao and ending up in Zarauz. We spent the night at the Hotel Zarauz. We had now entered Basque territory where the spelling (Basque) on the road signs looked like Polish?? The locals speak Spanish, Basque, French and some English.
Here is a link to the hotel with lots of pictures. This is a view out of our room window.
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