Codina San Sebastián - Donostia

We slept in as much as we could this morning....they were pressure washing the square outside the window so it was pretty loud. We got up and walked down to the cove which has a beach and mountains surrounding it. So pretty! We sat along a wall and watched the waves crash on the rocks below us. It was too cold to lay-out or go surfing, but it didn´t rain so we were thankful! The view was amazing, probably the prettiest place I have ever been in my life. We all want to come back here. We ...

Well the journey from Barcelona to San Sebastion has been random to start. We got up at 6:30 am to catch a train. we never made it out last night cause we all fell asleep. So we catch our train and about 5 hours later, nan is sleeping,´jaimes is reading and i´m jamming on my ipod to realize we haven´t been moving for an hour. Turns out there was a bomb threat on the train tracks?!?! So we are bussed in to San sebastion. The ride was pretty cool....all through these mountains and ...

Got back on the road and made it to San Sebastian about 3:30 pm. We bought more lunch items and found a park bench by the sea wall to have lunch. Conrad called our host, Ain to make arrangements to meet him. We were to meet Ain at 9:30 pm. It was 4:30 at this time, so we had 5 hours to explore the city. We did just that. We walked around for 5 hours. We found the tourist center and got a ...

It was our final day in San Sebastian. Tom spent it by going to Biarritz to get the rental car and then returning home to watch the kids while Everett, Julie, and Sue went out to an amazing Pinxos meal. After dumping the grey water and ...

After breakfast (and playing in the campsites playground) we set off to explore san Sebastian. The sweeping bays do evoke Rio. After a quick exploration, playground enjoying and surfer watching, we lunched at a stand up tapas bar. And ...

... sounded like a parade – there’s always something going on in San Sebastian. I had planned on doing a daytrip today to Hondarribia or Lekeito, but decided against it – next time! I wish I had a bit more time here in San Sebastian, just to wander around a little bit – I probably won`t even have time this go around to even walk over to the Gros district and the surf beach.

Back to the hostel to get ready ...

... sticks on your plate...and you tell them what you drank....

Later that morning i try to remember which underground car park i left my car in...a french traveler I'd helped earlier kindly helps me with my bags into the car. he peers at the passenger seat...I know what hes gonna ask so I just smile and say yeah ..its English...its the wrong way round....I know" ....


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I must say it's great to travel with a fare weather father. Ever since my father blew into town we have had nothing but the most incredible weather for traveling. Usually Europe is notorious for being sweltering in the summer, but not this year! Our last day in San Sebastian started out a little rocky, with clouds and a drizzle, but by afternoon the sun was shining and off we hiked up Mount Urgull. Situated right behind our hostel and at one end of the seashell ...

... Secondary highway, all the way to Puente la Reina; then I'll check in with the albergue workers and see how to proceed onto Estella from there. Take my advice: if you're biking the Camino de Santiago and you're not riding a double-suspension bike with no luggage whatsoever - ride the trail between Pamplona and Estella. For the rest of us mere mortals, sticking to the nice, recently resurfaced secondary highways weaving through the ...

San Fermin in Pamplona is something you just have to experience to understand. I can't put into words how out of control it was but I'll try my best. Our last day in Barcelona we spent just hanging out at the laundromat and at cafes wasting the day away before our night train to Pamplona. We had woke up at the hostel that morning at 9:30(just to keep a sleep counter for you) and then left on the totally packed night train at 10pm and arrived in Pamplona at 5:30 am. We didn't have ...