What an amazing on the go trip we had-valladolid to bilboa to san Sebastian and back. We got into Bilboa Friday night and had quite an interesting time finding our hostel.We did however make it safe and sound and were given the opportunity of lots of pictures along the river. That night we decided a stay in girls night was in order….so we ordered in some pizza from pizza hut-we were pretty excited-and the best thing about it is when they delivered it to us it was in a dominos box!!! We found it pretty funny. That night consisted of catching up on each other’s main life events back home while we stuffed our stomachs with somewhat recognizable food. Side note: don’t get me wrong, I love everything about Spanish culture even the food!!! Its just refreshing having a taste from home. Anyways, the next morning we woke up and went to meet one of aubrea’s friends who is studying in san Sebastian-he met us in bilboa. We went to a little outdoor café and then migrated over to one of the coolest playgrounds ever!An hour or so later we managed to get to our main destination- the Guggenheim museum- which was really cool and contained a lot of interesting stories and techniques. My highlight of the museum was probably walking through these large rounded type alley’s-hard to explain but you can all go check it out. We played what I am going to call “echo game” throughout them-this consisted of making cool noises that would echo back cool too-I know I know you are all proud of our intelligence level at this point.Next we went to old town and checked out some shops and ate at a little local restaurant. We introduced paul, aubrea’s friend, to chocolate con churros and then headed back to the hostel for a little siesta. This however turned into more talking about life and next thing you know we were back on the town. We went to catch a tram that takes you to the top of the city and WOW what a view.
It looked over everything!!!!(there were detailed playgrounds up here too-spain might have an obsession). We went to a tapas bar at the top and then it began to rain-but the perfect rain…..not too cold outside and it is drizzling in a way that your clothes aren’t going to get soaked if you don’t have an umbrella. We took the last tram we could down and were off to find Mexican food. We did find it too!!! The only difference was that their burritos are maybe a fourth of burritos back home but still a fun experience. After dinner we went back to the hotel and enjoyed various items dipped in nutella which somehow led to choosing what kind of dogs we would all have, name, and be. It was a fun filled evening. The next morning we took a bus to san Sebastian and Paul showed us his home and the main places. We actually were able to see a wedding that had just ended which was unreal. Everyone was outside in this plaza that was surrounded be amazing buildings, the bride was the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen and everyone was dressed in a 60’s type outfit-VERY COOL!!! We were able to get some paella for lunch and went to ice cream after with our choices of around 20 crazy flavors.
We walked on the beach and up on some rocks that overlooked the ocean and although we were only there for a few hours, we loved san Sebastian. The trip ended while we got back on the bus to come home sweet home.
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