A Day in San Sebastain

I´ll tell you a little about San Sebastain meanwhile! It´s called the town of three´s because there are three beaches, three hills, and three of another thing I can´t remember. We went to two of the three beaches and climbed up one of the hills where there is a huge statue of Jesus reaching out to embrace the town. It´s really beautiful and the on that hill, three battles occured between the British and the French so there is a big fortress surrounding the Jesus statue called "The Castillo." It was quike a little hike but all of the international students and I agreed that it was well worth it because the view of all of Donostia (San Sebastian) and the Atlantic Ocean were incredible.

Then we walked down to see two gorgeous churches: El Buen Pastor and Santa Maria de Coro. There was a wedding about to start in Santa Maria del Coro so there was also beautiful music in there and the acoustics in the old church were astounding!

After stopping to shop at Zara because of the great rebajas (sales) that are going on in the month of February, we walked on the main boardwalk surrounding La Concha (the main beach) to el Peine de Los Vientos. I think that Mary and Sam took a picture near those because it seemed very familiar to me. There are these holes in the rock where air shoots out when the tide comes in and you can stand on top and get blown in the face. It looked really fun and so Elizabeth, Crispin, and I each stood on one for about 15 minutes and we didn´t catch any of the wind, so we just sat and looked the scultpures in the rocks and the beautiful ocean for a while. Crispin and Elizabeth took som0e great pictures that they promise to share with me when because I forgot my camera!

And we had pinchos for lunch that were delicious! Apparently San Sebastian is known for its pinchos and so we wondered around the calles a little looking for a good one (there are many) and then we décided to ask a local. He recommened one that was bustling with people and very good. THere we ate with some of the Australian girls from UNAV because they had read their lonley planet guides to come to that place. There were good cheap pinchos and good Sangria, and we were lucky to find a spot to sit down!

We left just as the Real Madrid team left with Beckham! A few of the students got pictures of him. A prostest about socialism was also going to start right after in the main part of town. I´ll go check the papers to see what went down there!

Olivia dijo...

Hey Liz,
Aw your description of San Sebastian is bringing back great memories of when i visited Spain. Its so beautiful over there. It sounds like you having an awesome time! Miss yah!
<3 Olivia

February 13, 2007 9:08 PM
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Lizzy G dijo...

I miss you too, Olivia! Happy Feast Day (2º14). Hey could you send me Carlota´s email and her mom´s email one more time? Your mom gave it to me but I´ve missplaced it and I want to get in touch with them! Thanks Lïz

February 15, 2007 8:41 AM