Mercure Thalassa Regina & Golf Biarritz
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San Sebastián, The Seaside Jewel!
... After a bottle or two of wine, we finally convinced the girls to come out with us to Casco Viejo where the discos were! We stumbled around the town where we bar hopped first, meeting our friends from the local bar from the last evening, and then off for some Chupitos and Cuba Libres. We then made our way to a disco in the old town where we met a group of guys who we assume (aka. hoped) they were on there Bachelor party, because one was dressed ...
The Conch and the Pinxtos
... kept laughing at me, because I was constantly gasping in delight.
We spent a few hours just walking around and enjoying the views before we went to a few bars to eat Pinxtos for lunch. Let me explain a little bit about pinxtos. They are kind of similar to tapas, but while tapas are usually just a small portion of a food that you can order in larger amounts (or racion) a pinxto is a small delicacy usually served on a slice of bread with a toothpick ...
San Sebastian & the Basque Coast
... amazing fews of the bay. There is a giant statue of Christ up at the summit, very similar to 'Christ the redeemer' over in Rio.
The old part of town has some narrow streets with plenty of bars offering pinxos (mostly seafood but quite a few smoked meats and cheeses)
Visited the museum 'De San Telmo' all about Basque history. Modern building fused with a refurbished church and cloister.
Afer 3 days of solid rain in San Sebastian, I decided to leave and head for Bilbao.
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Biarritz & Bayonne
Drove on south to Biarritz stopping for some surf along the way. Biarritz is one of Europes best surf locations and its easy to see why. Giant waves can be seen all along the coast, and during the 3 days I was staying the surf only got bigger.
Stayed a few miles north of Biarritz in a place called 'Anglet'. Giant Aire for campervans, and the T4 was without doubt the ...
Lessons learnt so far
... with Ange who is flying over from Australia to see us. Well I hope this update makes you all feel more updated and please be patient over the next 6 weeks as we will likely be more concerned with finding a bed, sleep, and draining liquid from pussy foot blisters than updating the blog! We will at least try to update the location on the blog so you can see where we are on the map. Hope you are all well miss you all. Stu (and Pete and ...
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- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Business Services