Blogs from San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, Europe - page 29

Spent my first proper day in Donostia (more commonly known as San Sebastian) today. Actually, I kinda slept half the day still recovering from my Pamplona experience, and even after getting up, I didn't do much. I basically just wandered Gros (the name of the district to the east of the river in San Sebastian) and one of the beaches (Playa de la Zurriola). The beach supposedly has some surfing, and I was contemplating picking up a few lessons until I saw that the "waves" were a little small....even for a beginner. Aside from that, I've just been in this internet cafe for about 2 hours (internet here is cheap at €1.80 an hour) clearing the backlog of entries. I usually write them on time, but depending on the time and cost of internet, I often ... read more

Well, San Sebastian continued to be the highlight of my trip thus far, and just as one boyfriend leaves, a potential husband arrives! Paul and Belinda arrived yesterday morning (they had stayed a couple of extra days at Pamplona) and I showed them around town. We went to the beach, did some shopping, and they got settled into our pension. I felt like I was bringing them to my own home! Miranda was leaving today, so Dan moved into the room with me and Paul and Belinda had the other room to themselves. At night, the four of us went to tapas dinner (tapas are actually called pinxos in Basque country), then we grabbed a bottle of wine and drank it on the boardwalk near the beach. While standing there, Paul started chatting with 3 Aussie ... read more

My adrenal glands better be in top form, because I'm going to be banking on them tonight. The story starts last night really back in Barcelona. I remember lining up at Quinze Nuits at about 9:30, and it was 10:30pm by the time we were seated. Dinner really was good, because by the time I bid adieu to my new friends, my watch read 12:30am. I still had to do laundry, and there were a few problems with that. One involved me forgetting a map of Barcelona in a pocket and having to repeat a rinse cycle. Another involved the washing machine door refusing to open at the end of a cycle. Add in my shower, drying (European dryers are painfully slow), packing and general last minute stuff, it was 5am by the time I was ... read more