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San Sebastián, The Seaside Jewel!
... It was stunning to have such great weather for this day as we passed all the locals touring around the city. We ran into some incredible houses overlooking the ocean that we couldn't even imagine how expensive they would be!
We then stopped off at the Miramar Palace which is a "Harvard Like" House (aka. Mansion) perched on the banks of San Sebastián overlooking the bay and the Island of Santa Clara. This building now houses the famous music ...
Pyrenees conquered
... front of us the monastery of Roncesvalles in all its splendour. It left you breathless as all you had seen for the past hour and a half was tree after tree. The monastery has an albergue on its grounds that was only refurbished last year. It has all the facilities you could need: showers, laundry room, kitchen, vending machines. Hopefully the ones on the road ahead will meet these standards. Mass was held at 6pm with a blessing for the pilgrims ...
Go go gadget mountain goat
My mother-in-law was right about intercity night trains; there is no way you get a proper nights rest. I must have slept a maximum of two hours. As I've mentioned before the last night train I took was from London to Aberdeen around 11 years ago and I quite enjoyed it, must be these inferior continental trains. I had an hour to kill at Bayonne before my next train to St Jean-Pied-de-Port so I sat down at ...
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 ...
Zaragoza to San Sebastian
... is sport? It shows how cultures can be every different. Like every city, Zaragoza has its highs and lows. Highs; the Basillica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar and the city festival Fiesta del Pilar, a low... A few beggars catching you if you sat at an outside cafe. The city felt very local which gave us an insight into what live in a Spanish city is really like. San Sebastian: It took us about 3 hours to get here from Zaragoza and a with wile trip. ...