Ok, It has been a while since my last blog so here is a very quick recap. The holidays have passed here , I have spent the time with friends but of course missed my friends and family. During the holidays I also participated in a volunteer camp where I was able to meet a lot of really great people and got to help out as well. January was filled with administrative troubles, I was wrestling with problems with my visa and also had some exams and projects to submit (January here is the time for final exams and project submissions). At the end of it all although I had originally planned to stay here in Valencia for a complete year I will only be staying until the end of February. Of course there are good and bad parts to this new direction. I will be ecstatic to come back to my friends and family but at the same time I will definitely miss Spain and my friends here. Also there is the shame that up until now I have not traveled very much, and it is for that reason that I have decided to spend my last month here in Spain traveling so I can get to se more of this culturally rich country...and here I am....
Day 1: San Sebastian, Spain (Feb 1, 2008)
San Sebastian is a very beautiful city in the north of Spain in what is known as Vasco Country. The cost of living here is actually the highest in all of Spain. For that reason this a place where people of upper class live. I left Valencia at 11:00 pm on Jan 30th and arrived here at 6:30 am in the morning. I am traveling with an Italian friend Paulo. When we got here the temperature was about 35 degrees (in comparison with 0 in Valencia) so we were cold. We came upon one location that was open so early and it was very good. Walking around the city we had to wait until about 9 until anything was open. During this time we spent a lot of time looking at the sea (Bay of Biscaye) which is really a sight to see. The waves are very strong here so all of those who like to surf this is the perfect place for you. After it didn't take long to find a really nice hostel which way a great relief because I did not have to carry my giant backpack anymore. After dropping off our things we did a walking tour of the beach (Shell Beach) ad got to see some great monuments, (Mount Orgull y Egeldo)two mountains which have a spectacular view of the entire city. Each view to me was breathtaking so as you can imagine I have a huge collection of pictures. The city has so much h
istory and the architecture is very nice. After walking all day sight seeing we decided to eat and take a nap. A short nap turned into 4 hours and when we woke to the sound of music in the streets. Today is actually a very important festival day in San Sebastian where everyone dresses in costumes and there is music and dancing in the streets. Unfortunately soon after it started to rain which did not put a damper on the celebration but did make it so we didn't want to stay outside. The thing about this city is we found a hard time to come upon other young people...it is probably due to the high cost of living. We will probably go out again and see what we se, but we have to rest because tomorrow we go to France...
1 comment:
how freaking cool! i can't wait to read about France!
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