San Sebastian

Hola from the west coast of Spain. We picked up our little Citroen car on the 9th and headed off to Pamploma. Reid had just finished reading The Sun Also Rises and wanted to see this famed Hemmingway town. We pulled in and there was nothing happening in town, it seemed like there should be a tumble weed rolling through. So we filled up with diesel and kept going down the highway to San Sebastian, and we were charmed in the first minute, and have spent the past 2 nights here, tonight will be our third.

It is a lovely old seaside resort city that is known for its Pinxtos. Basque for small tapas snacks. The oldest part of town, with small streets are teeming with bars with their bartops covered in little tasty treats. You can go in (¡Yenna can go in!) order a small wine or beer and help your self to little open faced sandwiches, and hor´dorves. You can also order small hot snacks like grilled shrimp on a skewer covered in a picante olive oil/shallot (?) mixture served on little slices of baguette. Yum!! I had a deep fried mushroom wrapped in spanish bacon-yum. The local wine here is poured from an arms reach high into a waist level waiting glass.

We have been staying at a nice hotel, and are sad to think of leaving. But Bilbao waits for us.

Tried to figure out how to download some photos, but haven´t got it yet....

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