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bilbao, spain. june 2026

visited basque country for the first time. spent two and a half weeks in bilbao mostly to get a tattoo but also to enjoy a quick vacation in a new city. i didn't know much about basque country before but i fell in love with a white wine called txakoli. pretty much spent every day that i wasn't getting tattoo'd with locals that i met at bars, just drinking and eating pintxos, which are basically basque tapas. i also tried sagardoa for the first time, which is a lightly carbonated traditional basque cider. taste is somewhere between an orange wine and a beer, i really liked it.



here's my brother pretending he's european

here's me showing off my half finished tattoo

aaand finished. 15 hours - five, three hour sessions. the eyes are not red that is blood lol

thank you Koldo Novella!

i seriously recommend visiting bilbao sometime. such a beautiful city with amazing people ^^