San Sebastian, Spain

Time for some rest and relaxation. I just hope the weather cooperates.  The place I wanted to stay was closed, so I found another pension that was close by.  It worked out great.  They gave me my own little suite with a kitchen.  The bathroom was still down the hall, though.  Weird.  They give me my own kitchen, but I have to share a bathroom?  You would think it would be the other way around, wouldn't you?

The first afternoon I walked barefoot through the sandy beach, then sat and watched the sunset.  I was missing my fellow sandcastle maker, though.  (Kitty, tell Riley I really wanted to make a sandcastle and thought of him.)  Then I watched the sunset from the beach.  Pretty amazing.  After some down time in the room (sunset was before 6 and restaurants don't even open for dinner until 8 pm), I joined the locals in a paseo (walk) while trying to decide on a  restaurant for dinner.  This time my paseo was on the walkway just up from the beach.

I was really looking forward to some fresh seafood, so I splurged and ordered the lobster.  I had forgotten, however, that they serve everything whole.  They literally cooked the lobster, split it in half, and served it to me on a plate.  I had to remember how to eat the edible parts while leaving the rest.  My plate was a mutilated mess when I was finished, but it was good!

The next day was raining, not exactly beachy weather.  I tried to go for a walk in the rain with my umbrella, but the wind kept unending the umbrella.  I finally said heck with it, found a cafe, and sat reading my book for about 3 hours.  I would rather have been reading on the beach, but the cafe at least overlooked the water.  Not a bad few hours I would say.

My last day was a mixture of clouds and sun.  I went to spend some more time on the beach, but the high tides kept me from finding a good spot to settle down.  I kept having to get out of the way of the water that was bent on chasing after me.

I came to San Sebastian for some chill time, no bus or train schedules, no museums or sights, no getting lost in neighborhoods.  While here I had good seafood, read my books (finally got to The Hunger Games - soooo good), and soul searching walks on the beach.  Mission accomplished.  More sightseeing ahead.