Spain Sunday: San Sebastian

My first weekend in Spain was spent in San Sebastian. I went with my roommates Cassie and Anne. We really had a blast despite the rain on our first day.

The tapas in San Sebastian were the best food I had during my whole time in Spain. Tapas are like small appetizers that are for munching. In Spain they have bars that just make tapas and it is definitely a staple food to them. A tapa can be anything from a spinach and egg soufflé type thing to a salmon or sardine mix on bread. In San Sebastian they set all of the tapas out on the counter and you can pick the ones that you want. I liked this because I could see what I was getting rather than ordering blindly from a menu.

After our eating tapas we wondered around the port and ran across this free concert (it was starting at midnight to give you an idea about what a different time schedule Spain is on) They played traditional Bosque music and every song seemed to have an Irish jig type dance that went along with it that the whole audience would start doing. It was fun to watch, and try and learn, all of the dances!

The next day we were planning on lazing around the beach all day, but unfortunately for us, it rained all day. We attempted the beach, but after we ate our breakfast we realized it was not going to work. So we went shopping

Then Anne and I decided to try and climb the hill up the trail that led to the Jesus statute. It was supposed to have a great view of San Sebastian, so we thought it would be fun. Little did we know that once you are on the hill you cannot see Jesus and so you have no idea which way to go. It ended up being a fun adventure that included MANY small stair cases and quite a few, "Donde esta Jesus" questions. It was really fun!

And there were some great views

And we eventually found Jesus

That night we did more tapas and went to this hole in the wall mussel place that was AMAZING (this from a girl who doesn't usually like seafood). There were no tables and the place was packed, we were like sardines in a can, but once we eventually reached the counter we got to make our order and eat it on the counter, it was quite the experience.

Here we are at the tapas bar

The next day the sun came out for us and we got our lazy day at the beach before we headed back to Salamanca (or in Cassie's case to Madrid to catch her flight home, it was sad to see her go!)

Stay tuned for next week's Spain Sunday post about Chris and I.