At the end of a busy week of classes I spent Sat. at the Guggenheim in Bilbao. It was a fantastic experience because the sight of the building and its immersion and repercussion on its content and its surroundings are palpable in the city. Furthermore, the cooler temperature of Cantabria presented a welcomed respite to the high temperature in Madrid.
On Sunday a visit to the Museo de America was an excellent introduction to the discovery of the new world, from a Spanish point of view.

Classes resumed today with some new faces and some empty seats because of the different length of stay. The next two weeks are going to be very demanding, academically speaking, and also very interesting with presentations on the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Spain and Spanish music.