Landscapes One of the things that struck me on the trip I made weeks ago to Urdaibai (and unfortunately I could not tell anything here so far) was the slow pace and beautiful that would print the entire landscape and, it seems, to the life of those around her.
Of course, the river is beautiful in itself, a wide channel through which we ride the look with pleasure that conveys peace, surrounds us and yet offers a distant prospect, and endless ocean horizon .
But best is the ability to look for hours nearly every time find change, either by sunlight, rapid way to go about it clouds or by the constant interplay of tides, matter is that little by little, imperceptibly but unstoppable, the landscape changes before our eyes and what is now a long spit of sand washed by the sun in a while it becomes a corner covered with water reflecting gray clouds that cover it.
is clear that the best thing to know the river and palate is to walk through it, but if we get caught at high tide or whether we, as usual, some time just will not be a bad thing that we get to some excellent views as the small island of Txatxarramendi , a green patch in the middle of the channel.
have a bridge with a white metal fence and lampposts to match, all in a style as of early last century and a decadent point. The bridge and this being an island or not depending on the time of the tide reminded me of La Toja , which would be a version tiny but charming.
addition, also had a luxury hotel years ago, the families coming to Bilbao and unsavory (but lived very well) as bullfighters, football players and boxers. Today the hotel is no longer (was destroyed decades ago) and their place has been conquered by the thick oak is one of the peculiarities of this and other corners of Urdaibai.
From Txatxarramendi it is best to look north and enjoy the mouth of the river, crowned by the island Izaro ending to give a special touch to the clean and beautiful landscape.
Another place privileged to enjoy the river is Mundaca, from every corner of Atalaya (the peculiar 'square' Village by the Sea), with the famous wave behind us and almost all the long mouth in front of us, with the chance to see if the weather is clear, to the southern limit of Urdaibai, marked by the mountains and Astoaga Goron.
Oca born there, the little river that is dying with us and, along with the tides, the sun, wind and clouds, shapes the landscape in which our gaze is delight.
And do not forget to look slowly no rush, that's how you live (and enjoy) in Urdaibai. MAS
My enUrdaibai nature photos on Flickr.
My photos of Mundaka, Bermeo and other towns on Flickr Urdaibai.
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