San sebastian

We spent New Years eve in San Sebastian Spain with our friends Kim and Sandy visiting from London. It is a 2 1/2 hours drive from our house and 10 degrees warmer :)

known officially as Donostia-San Sebastián
Locals call themselves donostiarras, both in Basque and Spanish.

Because we went off season we got an amazing deal on this 5 star hotel :)

We would take the elevator and Tatiana the stairs.
It was a race to the lobby.

In Spain there are Tapas bars everywhere. People stand and eat if there is no seat which in France that would never happen, a French person would never eat standing up.

There were some pretty interesting nibbles like
vegetables mixed in blood. Didn't ask who's blood
You grab a plate, fill it up, give it to the bartender and he charges you

this was the main street

They speak Basque here so there are many signs in Basque

There must be people hankering for a hot dog

yep its here

I dont think there are any vegitarian Spanards
They were celebrating the day of the 3 wise men.
This guy was handing out candy but Tatiana preferred a hug.

very cool thing to do with all your ugly neon lights

There was a new years marathon, some people were dressed
up as clowns, snails and other hilarious outfits


Kursaai Bridge.

loved this shop

a sneaky Sandy





I noticed the sand wasn't as fine a grain as
California sand but had lots of pebbles.
La Concha bay