This is what our view is going to be like from our hotel in San Sebastian. Wow! Ok, so we may not get this view from our room but we'll be close to this view and when we go outside we'll see this view. San Sebastian is located on the northern coast of Spain. It's part of the Basque area of Spain which has it's own unique culture. You may have heard of the Basque people because they have this inherent need to preserve their culture. They often riot. I think that they wish to be their own country ... sound like anyone else we know?

I'm excited to see San Sebastian for the beautiful beach area. Also, for this place called Chez Croissant which we will have to hit up for breakfast. Croissants are one of the main attractions in Europe. They taste completely different. Especially accompanied by the tiniest cup of cafe creme that you can imagine. It's so anti-American/Canadian. They do other things mega-size like these ....

Jamon!! They just love their smoked ham. It's hanging everywhere. Even in the airport(we saw them in Barcelona) ... although I doubt we'd be able to take a leg home with us.

While we're in San Sebastian, we'll be taking a day trip to Bilbao. Bilbao is where one of the Guggenheim musem's is located. It was designed by Canadian architect, Frank Gehry.

It's going to be crazy to see this in real life. It'll probably take us all day just to digest this building. We may go in and see the art that it holds too:) The other thing to see in Bilbao is this crazy bridge.

Well, just over a week until we head out. All we've done is book our hotel and plane tickets. We've done nothing else to get ready. I'm just not sure what else to do to get ready. I'm hoping there will be time to shop when we're there because I'm going to take minimal clothes along and stock up. Madrid is supposed to have great shopping!