Today we have arrived in San Sebastian. San Sebastian is on the northern coast of Spain and is a popular holiday destinations for Europeans, it is well known for its pinxtos bars and beaches. I will no doubt be providing many photos of pinxtos as we make our way around town visiting the many bars that serve these tasty treats!
The last two days saw us spend our last day in Madrid where we did a few more tourist sights an planned including the fabulous Bernebau Stadium, home of Real Madrid. I have already posted a picture of this but it really is a case to see it is to believe. It is a massive stadium seating almost as many as the MCG but the shape is rectangular, so you can imagine how high the stands are, it was phenomenal. The tour is self guided and you get to walk onto the pitch, sit in the seats where the players and vips sit, walk through the change rooms (unfortunately no players were having a shower at the time!) and into the press area. There is also a really good museum housing all the trophies. It was a great experience and we both really enjoyed it.
Yesterday we visited the city of Segovia, which is not far from Madrid by fast train, as this was on the way to San Sebatian we had decided to spend the night to break up our trip.
Segovia is famous for it's aqueduct and it's suckling roast pig, of course we sampled this and were very impressed (although not as good as Magoolies son Ashley's pork). Segovia is quite a touristy town but we had a great day visiting the castle, wandering through the souvenir shops and of course having dinner. Our hotel room was quite nice but we did not sleep very well due to the bright security light and we also both have a slight head cold (too much beer, not enough fruit and veg!)
Today's trip to San Sebastian meant another early start and a 5 hr train trip. We both snoozed on the train and listened to music, it went quite quick really.
We arrived in San Sebastian just after 1pm and had only a short walk to our pension. The pension seems quite nice, it is clean and modern and hopefully quiet, although it has no air conditioning so we are hoping the room will not be too hot. It is cool today in San Sebastian, it is not known for its weather here, so we should be okay.
For now though it's adios from me, time to head out soon and check out some of these food spots this city is known for :-)
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