Zaragoza Plaza Hotel San Sebastian San Sebastián - Donostia

... Pinxos restaurant she, Ev, and Jullie had loved 3 weeks earlier. It was truly amazing and we enjoyed talking with a lovely british couple who now run a B&B in Provence. Judy and the kids had a wet but fun time, as the weather had finally turned south.

                       

I don't really need to tell you what we did do I? Take one part playground, one part beach, and one part sunset and you have a Kramer day in Biarritz.

           

... Dispite the language barriers they had a lovely time exploring the basque country side. What did we do? Why go to the beach, of course!!

                     

We spent the morning touring our recently discovered Bayonne with the kids and Judy continued exploring during the afternoon ...

... cathedral and adorable cobble stone streets. Since it was sunday, the only place open was a small creperie, but we had a nice time nonetheless which Judy watched the kids.

             

... d be awake when I left ...

I suspect she was waiting around for me to leave, so that she could say goodbye. I told Julia that she was "mi abuelita Espanola", which means little Spanish grandma. She responded “Ahh, mon petit!”, as she doesn’t speak any English, but does speak French. I’ll miss Pension Luisito because it’s a quaint, homey little place, but I’ll miss it more because of Julia. When I first arrived, I ...

... 4:30 to leave and made sure not to be quiet about it, no doubt to brag they could get up so early without falling over.  Kevin was also woken up by a nearby tent's occupants getting hot and heavy. Although I didn't hear them, I had a few weird dreams that woke me up - one in which I quickly touched my nose after waking and was astounded at how tiny it was.  No doubt I was not so lucky in my dream, although I don't remember a bit of it.
We woke up for the final time ...

We woke up, threw on our packs and made the short walk to the metro. We took the metro to the Chamartin train station for our 6.5-hour train ride to San Sebastian. The country around San Sebastian is beautiful and green (a lot like parts of BC, but the mountains aren't quite so high). We checked into our hotel, did some laundry, and then got ready to head out. On our way to Parte Vieja (the old section of town) we came across a loud crowd with a lot of noise coming from the ...

... wandering for a while more we ran into our aussie friends right as the clock struck noon. as this happened a cannon was fired and the entire town sprayed thousands of gallons of champagne, sangria, at eachother. then the food fight started, kethcup, mustard, flower and of course more booze. it was absolutely disgusting but also one of the most fun events ever. After this we headed to a giant forty foot statue called the muscle bar where an aussie tradition has been ...

... on a few park benches. It cold, loud, and uncomfortable but we manage a hour or two before heading down AGAIN to the cobble stone streets to try our luck. We get at the very start of the run and actually see the gate where they keep the bulls. Those horns look sharp and deadly, those hooves luck like they are heavy, and the streets look awfully narrow!! We see that there is about 10 minutes before the rockets so we know this time we are actually going to do. While we are ...