San Sebastian Day 2

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Woke up at a reasonable hour and decided to take a stroll up the nearby Mont Urgul. Very natural, with awesome views of the bay and San Sebastian below. Also had a cool castle, Mota Castle from the 12th century, with the Status of the Holy Heart atop of it. We hiked back down the other side and around La Concha (Kontxa in Basque) beach, stopping at the Miramar Palace briefly, then around the Playa Ondaretta until we reached the foot of Mont Igueldo and the funicular. Manoli seemed to have no problem with the funicular, so we rode it up to the top for 2 Euros each, round trip (Can´t imagine very many folks getting one way tickets!). On top was a cute little amusement park, but apparently not much opened til evening. There was also a cool castle-looking tower we climbed that had an obversation roof. They claim it has the best view in the world, and they weren´t exaggerating much. After taking the funicular back down, we walked back to Cafe La Concha, the long way, for lunch. The prices weren´t great, but the food was quite good. I had a delicious salad with chopped duck, rice, beet pieces and lettuce. They also had Wi-Fi, which I used to post the last entry and upload a photo from my handheld. After lunch and a short nap/rest, we strolled around shopping unitl dinner time. The Pension owner had recommended Bar Aralar, so we headed that way. The bar was quite popular with the locals and had a large, excellent selection of pintxes (tapas to the rest of Spain). They gave us a large plate and with a few questions, we filled it up...1 and 1/2 times. Although they were only 1.40 Euros per tapa, they do add up. We had 15 of them, two Cokes and two Cafe con Leches....total 32 Euros. Most of them were quite good and I´d definitely recommend the place. Well, back to the room for a good night´s sleep. We were originally scheduled to take a train at 3:30pm, but the Renfe guy in Barcelona couldn´t find any such train for the time, so we are taking the 8:30am train to Avila.

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Photos

LaConcha
Play La Concha, San Sebastian, Spain

MontIgueldo
Mont Igueldo in San Sebastian

Funicular
Chato on the funicular, San Sebastian, Spain