B & B Hotel Bayonne
Travel Blogs from Bayonne
San Sebastián, The Seaside Jewel!
... to use our flashlights on our phones to shower, eat and brush our teeth in the pitch black hostel before finally someone came down and reset the fuse box! But we managed the morning by getting ourselves to the bus station on time for our 1.5 hour bus ride to San Sebastián.
After a quick nap and a scenic bus ride on our way to San Sebastián we arrived in the centre along the Rio Urumea where we were fortunate enough to catch the morning rowers out ...
Go go gadget mountain goat
... s bar to a slightly burnt croissant and two coffees. I wasn't too bothered as they had free WiFi and this gave me the chance to catch up with everyone. It's amazing how many emails you get in your inbox that really don't matter. Being away from it all makes it a lot easier to prioritise. The local train to SJPdP was a little unusual. It's a combined single engine and carriage. Most people were sat ...
The Conch and the Pinxtos
... drink
-You spend a few minutes looking at the menu and then...
-You order your food, usually one entree per person
-You receive your drinks, and wait awhile... and then
-You receive your (huge american sized) meal
-You eat!
-You order dessert, and then eat that too
-You ask for the check, pay and then leave.
Now, imagine that you are eating lunch in San Sebastián.
-You walk to the bar, because the best bars are on ...
San Sebastian & the Basque Coast
Upon driving into Spain it started raining. Day 4 in spain as I write this, and it is still tipping it down. All footwear is now soaked, as are both my jackets, trousers and socks!!
Gave up waiting for the rain to stop and walked into San Sebastian. Nice city based in a sheltered bay with two large hills at either end. One has a small furnicular railway taking you to the top, the other is a more tiring walk through rivers of water flowing
down the footpaths. The summit however ...
Spanish Tapas, swimming and Le fetes de Bayonne
... grabbed a few drinks- sangria and beer. We also tried a Monaco, which is beer, grenadine, and lemonade. The Monaco was good, but a little too sweet. Overall, we had a blast but our time there was short as we had to drive back home that night. Usually, all the surrounding towns' people come to Bayonne for several days (it lasts 5 days) and camp out, like a music festival or something. So our visit was short and a bit less robust than their usual. By about 10:15 we got in the car ...