Spain Day 6

Day 6 was Monday, Nov 10. It was a warm and sunny day spent on the northern coast of Spain in the beautiful town of San Sebastian. I am so thankful that we had this relaxing day (although there was still a lot of walking involved) in the middle of our trip. We found a cute place to have breakfast that was completely deserted. Just like in Madrid, noone is up and about before 10am. We found, in San Sebastian, that a lot more people spoke and understood English, which was really nice. We walked through the old part of town towards the beach area and then around to the Aquarium. It was really windy! We took some great shots of Reuben getting "chased" by waves. The scenery was breathtaking with the ocean and the shoreline!

We went into the aquarium ... it was amazing because they have a clear tunnel through the water so the fish are swimming above and around you. It's really neat. There were sharks in the water, as well. I'm not sure why they don't eat the other fish in the tank. Maybe they are kept very full but they sure looked ominous. We saw other things like jellyfish and starfish etc.

Then we walked along the beach. We took our shoes off and relaxed for a bit. We stuck our toes in the water but it was freezing cold. And we watched the surfers. Then we kept walking along the boardwalk the whole way around the bay area. It was really relaxing. We went into the old part of the city again and found the cathedral but we decided not to go in. The old part of the city was also where all the shopping was so we did some window shopping and got some pastries to eat.

Then we walked to the funicular which was supposed to bring you to the top of the hill on one side of the city where there was an amusement park and spectacular views! There was noone waiting in line to get on the funiculur and when we got to the top it was totally deserted!! They were doing renovations to the amusement park and it was sooo windy up there that we had to yell to hear eachother. The view was spectacular though and we are glad we took the time to go up there.

After that, we figured out the public transit (bus instead of metro) to get back to our side of the city because we were pretty tired. It took a few tries but eventually we made it back. We bought dinner at the grocery store which we discovered near our hotel. We bought havarti and a baguette and a box of wine (no corkscrew). We ate "dinner" in our hotel room and had a bit of downtime. Then headed out again to do some more window shopping and look at the bay again at sunset. On our way back to our hotel we found a corner store that sold beer (Reuben wanted one because he lost part of his tripod, which was a total bummer!) and I had an ice cream. Mmm .. chocolate ice cream.