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San Sebastián, The Seaside Jewel!
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Then it was up the Funicular to get some views of the city from atop and to have a quick lunch. After touring through the amusement park, and watching Martin attempt to beat the "Kids Soccer Kick" game high score of 920, we made our way back down the mountain for our continuing tour.
We headed over to the east side of the bay where we relaxed to the sound and sights of the waves crashing against the sea barriers and ...
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 ...
Day 28 - We love Biarritz!
... it seems they only have UHT in this neck of the woods, which I maintain is fine on cereal but not in tea!
Still not having much of an appetite myself I just chose some bread and marmalade, along with potatoes that I could mash and apples I could stew. Unfortunately the antibiotics, good as they are, are very, very strong and make me feel a bit weird so a basic diet for the next few days is my only option.
We discovered that the supermarket ...