Same Shirt, Different day-2012 Adventures of the "Devonport Wonder Babes"

Sunday 30 September 2012 Bibao to San Sebastian

Felt somewhat poorly first thing and went off and found Farmacia that sold me efficient over counter cold remedy including pseudoephrine.  

Left Bilbao about 10 am and headed up coast road, through Guernica immortalised in the Picasso painting of the bombing of this town in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.

Encountered a peleton on mountain roads, lots of cyclist out and about.

 

Had a stop in Letritio, easy parking by a hotel in another lovely little port town, had a walk around the harbour and then checked out a hotel or two in case Lynds and I come back here to stay after San Sebastian. 

Letricio  Harbour

Basque flags fly everywhere here

Lyndsay and Helen check out hawkers wares

Sunday must be washing day in Letricio

Continued on and made an abortive attempt to enter Mutricu where we thought we might stop for lunch, got car jammed up in no exit area and then made an exit assisted by French woman who had been among the people watching us attempt the impossible.

Then stopped in another small town, Deba, and had tapas lunch in square with dozens of families out for Sunday lunch.

Lunch in Deba with lots of families out and about

Political billboard at edge of square

 

Found Hotel Record after only one “around the block again” attempt. Nice little one star hotel, older building but quite comfortable,  situated in a residential area about 10 min walk to first beach (Playa  de Ondaretta, the  surfing beach ) and with frequent bus service down to the old town from a stop about 200m away. Seems bus fares in this city are a flat €1.45 irrespective of how far you travel.

We four are in the family suite on 2^nd floor i.e. 2 rooms together with bathroom off one of them so you could only let it to 4 people who know each other as someone always has to walk through the other bedroom to bathroom.

After settling in we headed down to beach in late afternoon, where there were dozens of people surfing and walked the length of the promenade with the hundreds of other people out and about. We checked out a small restaurant on seafront recommended by hotel and booked ourselves in for paella later in evening.

 

The San Sebastian Film Festival had finished the day before we arrived but still lots of billboards up.

Lots of people out and about and a bit of street theatre. Very nicely restored bandstand also.

Headed back to hotel for bit of a nap, later a glass or two of vino tinto before going back for the paella which was  delicious as was the roasted rabbit that Rod had. Walked back to hotel.