San Sebastian

I just got back from a great weekend in San Sebastian, Spain. It is a quaint beach town and it is beautiful! It would make for a great honeymoon spot. I went with my program, CEA. We took a bus there at 10 a.m. on Friday morning and didn't arrive until 4 p.m., which was kind of a bummer, but we still managed to do a lot. Friday night we walked with our friends Maggie and Raquel to Old Town and had a delicious dinner of pintxo. Pintxo are kinda like tapas except that they are already cooked and are displayed all along the table. Each one has a toothpick and you can take as many as you like with. Once you finish eating, they count how many toothpicks you have to charge you. One of my favorites is the tortilla, which is a really a potato and egg omlette. Yum!

After dinner, we wandered into a random bar and met a few Belgian guys who were studying in San Sebastian for the semester and their friends. They actually worked as promoters for a different bar down the street, so they invited us to come there with them. Fun night, except I really can't take the smoke in the small bars.

Saturday we got up pretty early and CEA arranged for us to take the funicular to the top of the mountains. We got a spectacular view of the water. It was almost exactly the same as Tibidabo, old amusement park and all. We had a mini bus tour and walking tour afterwards before we set off to do some exploring of our own. Unfortunately, almost everything in the city shuts down between 2 and 4 p.m. so we just sat on the beach and napped and relaxed. I so wish it were warmer! At 4, we got up and rented bikes for an hour. This was a great way to see a lot of the city. I can't wait to rent bikes in Barcelona and ride along the water. After biking, we shopped for a bit and then went back to our hotel for a quick siesta. We had another late dinner of pintxos and then bar hopped for a bit.

Today we got up bright and early and got back on the bus for our six hour journey back to Barcelona. The time is starting to fly by! I can't believe my experience abroad is already half over!! This week I have a lot of work before Jon gets here on Friday. On Sunday, we are going to the soccer game vs. Valencia. According to him, it should be really great game. Hopefully it will make up for missing the Duke game. I did manage to stay up until 5 a.m. watching it though. What an epic game! GO TERPS!