Pension Edorta San Sebastián - Donostia

... night stopping here for ice cream, there for a quick drink, over there for a few dances. It was fun, but we were all tired from the day so we walked back at about 4am (I'll explain "Spanish Time" in my next entry).
That night, LIzzy and I had opted for the sleeping mats laid out on the Terrace (all the hammocks were occupied), which was fine because 1) I woke up with zero bug bites, and 2) I woke up next to a gorgeous German guy on the mat next ...

... and Cameron Diaz in it. I hope they get a part! Lunch was interesting and kind of like eating in a Chinese restaurant as the plates just kept coming! After lunch we said goodbye to the sons and continued walking and finally ended up back at the ship but not before taking a rest in the Plaza DE Espana across from the ship. When we were there the park cat ladies came by and fed the wild cats who were pretty friendly. Great ending to a very nice day!

... of the sweetest sherry called "Nectar" for 8 Euro. I really didn’t like their regular sherry though. They were pretty cool though. When celebrities or royalty come visit, they have them sign a barrel of Tio Pepe instead of signing a guestbook! And they have a family of mice that are sherry connoisseurs. One of the distillery ...

... show was actually really good - she just got very bored, very quickly. you see one horse dance you've seen them all...Mike took her outside to play in the courtyard. The arena is set in a beautiful garden with a fountain. They had a ton of fun running around the garden and I thoroughly enjoyed the dancing horse show. There are 8-12 horses and horsemen who come out in the arena and do the most amazing horse dances all to beautiful spanish music. It is ...

... and prevents me from putting down any real roots, even though I've lived in Calgary my entire life. All these transcendent moments I've had along the way seem to be a little piece of the puzzle that will eventually lead me to the greater understanding of why I keep doing this.

Many times these moments take place in the unlikeliest of places, such as San Sebastian. And those transcendent moments I mentioned above that took place in Spain? One of them ...

... farly uneasy to see a million of trains packed with dressed up, stoned and half-conscious people; they were shouting, dancing and staggering on the station, dashing towards the city centre. When our train finally arrived, delayed over 2 hours, it was stinking so much of sweat and alcohol that its windows were steamy and everything was sticky. I considered thanking God for the air-condition that helped to sort it out.

I was back home almost at midnight.

... Farida and Callista were gone. Not odd on its own, but the girls have taken a liking to never adjusting to GMT. We're been routinely staying up until 2am+, and sleeping in until noonish. So all hints aside, I was presented with an ultimatum...celebrate tonight, in a nice hotel...or tomorrow in a train. I wouldn't have minded one more tapas crawl, but opted for the celebration. CLOSE YOUR EYES!!! A ...

... was all organized and coming through totally ready to break. My friend Tyler and I were saying that if there was a reef we would have jumped over and surfed! It was probably good that there wasn't one. Now it is just really choppy and only about 6 meters, but still really intense. Tons of people are sick but I think its fun. You walk around and get thrown everywhere in to everyone so its always interesting! Class this afternoon might be a little sickening but other then that ...

... with more verve, he'd be warmer. We stopped for a drink. They had no carte but the waitress suggested jamón (ham, which we recognised) to go with the manzanilla sherry and we were away down the tapas trail. A half portion comprised a serving platter covered in thinly (hand) sliced proscuitto-like ham (but sweeter) served with crusty bread and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Another waiter suggested cańa de lomo - why not? Lomo is fillet and around ...