48小時城市之旅 .S12 48小時城市之旅 西班牙巴斯克地區

Dear Will.I.Am No,Will.You.Are Sorry I can't make it to Curry Club But I'm away as the host of Travelman He'll be spinning in his chair with envy It's my job to fully embrace the mini break Bounce around with my new besties And become a 48-hour party person This week I'll be flitting betwixt Bilbao and San Sebastian In the Spanish part of the Basque Country Which you rightly drunkenly text me Is an area that straddles the border Between Spain and France Joining me so I can bask in their brilliance Is my main hombre James Acaster Together we'll while away our weekend away Through the medium of food God I felt like I was at Sea World then Art And millinery This is what my head's been missing my whole life I usually hate my head Got to go save me a garlic naan Lots of love Joe I.Am also Ready for this Question is is the Basque Country ready for us Let's have us a Basque Country We start in Bilbao Which I and Wikipedia have always thought of As the region's biggest city Founded in the 14th century It's had just 700 years to prepare for our arrival Oh ho ho We're driving it Oh oh no There's no one driving this I think it sort of drives itself Right well I wasn't told that before I got in I don't like this tunnel We've not really thought about the fun in funicular No Oh Do you want some Basque Country facts James Fact me up They have their own language Escara Six different dialects What That's five too many They say that the devil tried to learn escara Tried it for seven years and he gave up What the That doesn't sound like a fact Any questions class Yes the devil I was wondering Is that masculine or feminine Nice to know the devil tries to better himself Every now and again You never hear that about God No Arrogant Please After the three minute ride of our lives We arrive atop Mount Archander For a spectacularly overcast view Oh James Acaster Look at Bill Bower I absolutely love it Drink it in Joe It's kind of got everything It's got a stadium Apparently voted in 2015 As the best sports building in the world Someone's not been to West Bromwich Albion have they Look at that mad building down there What do you think that is I don't know like an Airbnb We're going there right now It's the Guggenheim The Guggen what Let's go That's good There it is 33,000 thin titanium sheets Wow Otherwise known as the Guggenheim Steve Guggenheim Our heart What do you think of it I think the shiny balls are nice Nice little welcome You can see all the scenery in it And then the sheets are cool behind it If you were walking past that You'd be like what is this building And if you found it was anything Button art gallery You would be concerned I don't think he needed all 33,000 Because I bet some on the top you don't see It's not like anyone can send a drone up there And look at it from the aerial This metal marvel Boasts 9,000 square metres of exhibition space To put it in perspective That's just over half the size of Birmingham's Primark But with a fraction of the polyester and catfights We may not be able to lay our hands On a five pound crop top But we can look at some other works of art Art Made up of eight sculptures Richard Serra's The Matter of Time Creates unexpected corridors Made of weathered steel I mean it's been weeks now James I feel a bit claustrophobic now Oh we're in the middle Oh that's fun Kind of How long do you think it took him to make it I think this took Like a bank holiday weekend It took him 11 years What 11 years I love it But if I was him I would have kept that detail to himself We ruminate on the physicality of space Until we're asked by the staff to stop ruminating And kindly move on Next we tick off Installation for Bilbao By Jenny Holzer I feel physically sick Yeah Which I think is the idea If you stand with your head to the side It's like watching Sky Sports News Then we head back out for more sculptural shenanigans Including an artwork That like so many stand-up comedians Is only active for 8 minutes an hour Right the art's starting in 2 minutes Can I tell you what it involves Yeah yeah 1000 fog nozzles I don't think I've even seen 50 fog nozzles Oh there it is Whoa whoa Oh here we go I can't really see where I am I would say it's more mist than fog I would say he's absolutely ordered some mist nozzles If you're an artist and you come up with this idea You've got to be pretty shocked When it ends up at the Guggenheim Yeah Here's my idea Just get a bunch of fog nozzles and turn them on Yeah Okay well I'll see if some local galleries Are interested if you're lucky Good news The Guggenheim has said yes Sensing that David Copperfield's about to rock up And cut a woman in half We move swiftly on to enjoy some engineering It's the Viskaya Bridge The first transporter bridge in the world James Yes We're really going to do this bridge We're going to walk it And we're going to gondola it Ready Yeah Yes Completed in 1893 by a Basque disciple Of tower dude Gustave Eiffel It was designed so as not to interrupt The flow of maritime traffic I'm not looking down It's done something horrible to my legs It hasn't just done something horrible to my legs I'll tell you that much I think it's made me completely reevaluate Every part of my lower body We pause to take in The moderately interesting view ahead Ah that's nice isn't it To distract us from the appalling view below Well much as I'm enjoying this I'm not enjoying it I'm terrified I'm having a horrible time Can we go on the gondola Absolutely this is very scary Our high rise ordeal over We make the return crossing At a more pleasant altitude This is fun isn't it It's efficient 90 seconds and you're all done They got free Wi-Fi as well Who is connecting to the Wi-Fi By 90 seconds Literally by the time you got the password You're at the other end of the bridge Yeah They'll probably show that bit in real time That was fast We didn't After pointlessly travelling To and fro across a river Time for a drink in the old town Dos Calimochos OK perfect What did you just say to that man I just gave him my number As my personal sommelier Never tires of telling me A Calimocho is the fave drink of the Basques As well as any experimental tea major A combo of red wine and coke Cheers Cheers Johnny Oh that's dangerously lovely isn't it This is a bad thing to discover that I like Yeah You'd lose count pretty quickly Yeah I'd lose count But I'd know something has happened Because I'd probably have my top off Call yourself Captain Calimochos It's called Calimochos Because on the 12th of August 1972 A guy called Cali was running a festival Ordered a load of wine for it And the wine was disgusting And he was like How am I going to make this wine better Whacked a load of coke in it And mochos means ugly Ugly Cali Ugly Cali the festival's Scali I would like a glass of wine And a glass of Coca-Cola So I can make them in my mouth Thank goodness for the magic of television Oh look Speak of the devil Thank you The red wine Should be careful saying Speak of the devil in Bilbao Thank you Right Here we go There's a technique to it Yeah go on Talk me through it Got to kind of do a Wallace and Gromit Turtle kind of mouth We've forgotten the crackers Gromit It works It really looks good as well when you do it Yeah I feel like if we were on a date That would have sealed the deal for me Salute Now full of Basque courage It's so romantic James We take on the region's gift to headgear Should we pick up a nice souvenir To remember our time in Bilbao Yes please Otherwise I will forget it forever Hello Buenos dias Sombreros Garostiaga Have been in the beret business For over 160 years Top hatter Emilio Navigates us through a regional minefield So can we try like a classic style please The typical from Bilbao Yes It's black This way And that is how to wear This is Bilbao And this is San Sebastian Oh I see I would like to be Bilbao So it's more that way The way from Bilbao is flat Look at me Yes Louis typical from San Sebastian Yeah Wonderful shape San Sebastian And this style James Acaster You look stunning Thank you I feel like a proper San Sebastian man Do you think he looks like he's from San Sebastian Yeah Very normal Yeah With glasses No Keen to step outside traditional beret based gender stereotyping And to mess up continuity as much as possible We go beret bonkers People think I'm a woman Do a man Special man Yeah Woman style Yeah I've done something wrong here This is not a style Catering style We're off to war And we're definitely going to lose For wedding For example One day in the life Much as I'd like to get married in Bilbao I struggle with commitment And so I'm going to be special man Yeah Cannon mustard Do you Make a special price for only Escaragasco Is that what she's writing Yes I don't know what that meant Goodbye Looking more gay Guevara than Che Guevara We leave Bilbao for the seaside sanctuary of San Sebastian An off cam hour away We land in the Miramon Forest Where hidden amongst the flora and fauna Is our state of the art eco accommodation James I thought we could stay In a passive house As opposed to an aggressive house Yeah It's not an aggressive house It's an eco-friendly building Combining social responsibility with Scandi style The Arima ticks all the green boxes With a locally sourced organic pen We would love to check in please OK Can I know your name please My name is James Acaster OK Funny And what's your name Joe Lycett OK I got here your reservation OK so I have your rooms ready Great And I don't know if you have any questions Any questions How long do you think the planet has left Welcome Drink Blown We check out the rooms OK OK Thank you channel 4 I can't believe it That's everyday Right out the left and straight to my room Look at this place Every single one of these bears Represents a different polar bear Whose life I'm going to be saving Congratulations And when you're thinking about that And how much of a good life I'm a good guy, I am. On the flight home. As we offset our green stay by burning some tires in the forest, the first half of our Basque bonanza draws to a close. Look at that. Coming up, we pitch a new game show. Have you played Find the Egg before? I haven't. Have you played Find the Egg? I've played Find the Egg. I didn't think it was going to be the kind of thing for pre-watershed telly. Day two of our escape to the Basque country starts right now on San Sebastian's promenade, La Concha, or in English, The Concha. Take it in, mate. Beautiful. How does it make you feel? Enjoying what, Joe? For the first time in my life, I feel a real peace. This is very nice. I'm bored now. Come on. If you speak to anyone in San Seb, James, they will go on and on about food. They love it. So I thought we could learn how to make some. Oh, lovely. Chef Patricio is the starting point for our introduction to pinchos, the jumped-up bar snacks which have become synonymous with Basque country culture. Actually, in one bite, just get the feeling of explosion in the mouth. Patricio shows us how to make a gilder, the original skewered pinchos, whose convoluted backstory involving Rita Hayworth and an anchovy we thankfully don't have time for. Famous stick. Exactly. You put the olive. Then you... Like this, OK? The idea is eat in one shot. What? You eat all of that in one go? Exactly, in one go. Feeling pumped for pinchos, we let loose with the skewer. My hands are covered in oil. That is how it's done. That's perfect. Actually, if you can move just a little bit like this, it's going to be more easy. A bit further to the top? Yes. Actually, it's not how it's done, is it, James? Perfect. We have done a great job there. I feel like a Basque country Simon Rimmer. Yeah. Do you know Simon Rimmer? No. He's a respected chef back in the UK. James, I suppose, is a sort of Tim Lovejoy. Yeah. Who is not a respected chef. Yeah. I respect, you know, the nerve. The nerve. Cheers. Cheers to you. Nibbles nailed. We gulp our gourmet snacks. I feel really alive. All day long, I could eat a whole basket of those. A basket? Eat a basket. I'd marry you. I would marry you in a heartbeat. I do my best to defuse yet another embarrassing chapter in the history of Anglo-European relations. You've been very kind. Thank you, guys. I'm so sorry about him. And we move on for part two of our Basque food bonanza, a tour of old town eateries. Oh, you're going to Pinchos yourself? That's very good, actually. Bar Martinez, a traditional Pinchos bar, is our first stop. You must be John. Yeah. Hello. How are you? I'm good. And my dear friend John, who I've just met, suggests we start with the Basque take on tuna mayo. The drama. These were some of the most traditional Pinchos in San Sebastian. Yeah? You having a nice time? It's an extraordinary tuna mayo. Yeah? All day. We sluice down our appetizers with a dramatically poured cider. It makes it like a perfect pairing for this kind of food. Before moving on to grilled tuna with caramelized onion and mami taco sauce. I'm going in. We're moving a little bit to the more modern style of Pinchos. Oh, my God. That tuna's cooked to perfection. I can't believe this is my life. This is life here. I could have been working in a leisure center. Look at me. I don't think I would have made it through the interview process for the leisure center. But congratulations to you. I'm happy for you. Although tempting to linger and hoover up everything on the counter, it's traditional to have a couple of Pinchos and move on. Well, guys, so I'm going to take you now to a more modern style Pinchos bar. Let's see. How do you like it? I'm already drunk, John. Let's go. We've only been to one place. Bar number two is Cappadocia, and we dive straight in with their house speciality. It's in heaven. Yeah. It's like a really upmarket bag of frazzles. Yeah. It's frazzle soup. Eat that up. Yeah, that's good. Thank you, John. That is so good. It's a frazzle. Frazzle. Frazzle soup. Our bite-sized banquet continues with oxtail sandwich. What are you saying, James? As you can see, we can go from traditional simple bites to fancy stuff all in the same atmosphere. I love it. Very formal. I feel like I could be in my pants. Rioca-fueled pants-pants propels us onwards to Atari, where John forces us to eat caramelized French toast with vanilla ice cream. Oh, that crack. The best. The crack of the outside and the creaminess of the inside. Five more. Five more, please. Oh, my God. It is actually insanely good. Wow. As we're rendered helpless in the face of Pinchos Putt paradise... our tour concludes... John, you've changed my life. You've changed James' life. We've got to go now, but thank you for everything you've done. My pleasure. I'm high as a kite right now, John. I'm high as a kite. Come on, mate. Take care, John. You too. Have fun, guys. Hello, old friend. Come on, mate. It's adios to my five-two and John. Bye, John. So we walk off our food with a stroll around nine tons of sculpted steel. This is called El Paine de los Vientos by Eduardo Chilida. He was a football player. Was he? In San Sebastian. He played for San Sebastian La Liga team. I wish more footballers did sculptures after they quit. You'd like to see David Beckham do a sculpture? David Beckham, if you remember those underwear adverts he did. A lot of sculpting going on there. They look sculpted. Very sculpted. Do you like them? I love them, actually. It looks great. It's like when someone wears a fascinator at a wedding. Also, here's what happens. Every time someone's wearing a fascinator to a wedding, this is their conversation with everyone all day. Oh, nice hat. It's a fascinator, actually. Yes. Oh, they're called fascinators, aren't they? Yes. I wonder why. I guess cos they're fascinated. Yes. Do you speak like you're from experience, that you've worn a fascinator at a wedding? Once I wore a fascinator, sure. So this artwork's quite sort of visceral for you, then. It's stirring up a lot of emotions, actually. Back at that wedding, thinking, why am I wearing a fascinator? Why am I wearing a fascinator? Why am I at the wedding? I wasn't invited. I just bought a fascinator and then found a wedding. As our double dose of the Basque Country draws to an emotional close, we ascend the nearest mountain, famed for its ghastly views of San Sebastian. Oh, yuck. Cheers, mate. Cheers, Joe. What was your favourite thing about the Basque Country, would you say? Oh, man. I mean, the food. That French toast, I'm going to think about it for the rest of my life. I loved buying a beret. I never knew there was so much to buy in a beret before. I'm a special man. You're a special man? You didn't say what kind of a man I was. What sort of man do you feel like? A lucky man. I think it might just be drunk, man. We've had a lot to drink on this trip. Yeah. I've drunk so much that it probably is quite irresponsible of me to be flying the plane home. Bill Bow, San Sebastian. I know it's hard, because Bill Bow, it's like the warm-up act, because we went one after the other. I think San Sebastian has come in as the headliner and won it. But then Bill Bow, there was loads of fun stuff there. I'll come back to San Sebastian. That's where I get the French toast from. So you prefer Sanny Seb over Billy Bee? Yeah, I'd say that. But, you know, it's like you're making me choose between two perfect human beings that I've just met. And one of them happened to have some French toast in their pocket. NEXT WEEK FROGS, DOGS, BAKING AND BOARDS IN SPLIT WITH AISLING BEE HOT BRONZE JOKE