Beautiful San Sebastian
The far end of the bay where the surf was before it died
Jesus on top of the hill
Fishing boats at night
a forgotten monument to English soldiers who helped fight NapoleonAfter a whole days bus trip we arrived into San Sebastian.
This was to be our last stop in Spain and one i had been eagerly anticipating as i had heard mention of a surf beach.
Once again we were thwarted by the street signs when it came to finding our hostel. The signs here were written in Basque but the directions i had written down from google maps was in spanish! After an hour wandering round and round the very small old town we finally found our hostel on the street we first thought it was on! We had been looking for a sign outside (as you would expect) but they only had a small 15cm x 4cm sticker! Despite this bad start the hostel was really cool, we were in a 6 bed dorm but the owner let us have it to ourselves for the first two nights. The hostel also had 2 surfboards for hire :-)
That evening we had a wander to the beach to check the surf, it was 2-3ft with a nice righthand point break at the far end of the beach and a nasty beach break along the rest. It looked good but a rough count gave over 50 surfers out. I decided to try it early in the morning. We went back and cooked some amazing brie and chorizo omlettes mmmm, a nice change to our one pot wonder pasta, rice and cous cous dishes.
I got up at sunrise the next morning and jogged barefoot across town with a pink miny mal in my boardies and a polyprop top. As i got into the not so balmy water i counted 26 surfers already out and the waves were smaller and less frequent. I stayed away from the crowded point break and got a few small rides and in the long wait between sets nearly froze! after 30 mins in the water i hobled back to warm up. it was nice to be in the water with waves again but not the best spanish surfing experience, after this the waves completely died away so i was glad i got out when i could. I managed to get the board back before anyone official turned up to the hostel and they never charged me for using it even though i told them later.
San Sebastian was a very nice really relaxed small city. It had great shopping and Sharon once again scored a few bargains! and my grip on the wallet tightened. We spent our 2 days on the beach and wandering around town and up a hill to see Jesus (a huge statue looking over town).
Our last night we went out for some famous Spanish Tapas (or pinxtos in basque) with some canadians we met in the hostel. They were really tasty and a great social meal but could make for an expensive meal as they are just bite sized morsels and to be full you need to have a few. The deal is you buy a drink and get a plate and then all along the bar they have plates of tapas which are like orderves, you go along and grab as many as you want and they just write it down somewhere, there are no prices so you have no idea how much you are raking up.
All in all Spain was a great trip, we loved the relaxed atmosphere and nice parks and hope to return someday.
This was to be our last stop in Spain and one i had been eagerly anticipating as i had heard mention of a surf beach.
Once again we were thwarted by the street signs when it came to finding our hostel. The signs here were written in Basque but the directions i had written down from google maps was in spanish! After an hour wandering round and round the very small old town we finally found our hostel on the street we first thought it was on! We had been looking for a sign outside (as you would expect) but they only had a small 15cm x 4cm sticker! Despite this bad start the hostel was really cool, we were in a 6 bed dorm but the owner let us have it to ourselves for the first two nights. The hostel also had 2 surfboards for hire :-)
That evening we had a wander to the beach to check the surf, it was 2-3ft with a nice righthand point break at the far end of the beach and a nasty beach break along the rest. It looked good but a rough count gave over 50 surfers out. I decided to try it early in the morning. We went back and cooked some amazing brie and chorizo omlettes mmmm, a nice change to our one pot wonder pasta, rice and cous cous dishes.
I got up at sunrise the next morning and jogged barefoot across town with a pink miny mal in my boardies and a polyprop top. As i got into the not so balmy water i counted 26 surfers already out and the waves were smaller and less frequent. I stayed away from the crowded point break and got a few small rides and in the long wait between sets nearly froze! after 30 mins in the water i hobled back to warm up. it was nice to be in the water with waves again but not the best spanish surfing experience, after this the waves completely died away so i was glad i got out when i could. I managed to get the board back before anyone official turned up to the hostel and they never charged me for using it even though i told them later.
San Sebastian was a very nice really relaxed small city. It had great shopping and Sharon once again scored a few bargains! and my grip on the wallet tightened. We spent our 2 days on the beach and wandering around town and up a hill to see Jesus (a huge statue looking over town).
Our last night we went out for some famous Spanish Tapas (or pinxtos in basque) with some canadians we met in the hostel. They were really tasty and a great social meal but could make for an expensive meal as they are just bite sized morsels and to be full you need to have a few. The deal is you buy a drink and get a plate and then all along the bar they have plates of tapas which are like orderves, you go along and grab as many as you want and they just write it down somewhere, there are no prices so you have no idea how much you are raking up.
All in all Spain was a great trip, we loved the relaxed atmosphere and nice parks and hope to return someday.
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