last weekend we didn't have a game or practice, but most importantly it was sam's birthday weekend ...so we took a little trip to a near city called San Sebastain. it is a really popular tourist city, many people from all over go to visit. at the first of the week we booked the bus ticket, and booked the room at the hostel. yes i know you hear the hostel and it sounds scary but it wasn't too bad! hostels are really popular for travelers that are traveling all over europe. we took the bus saturday mid morning to start our adventurer!
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| on the bus. we didn't fit very well, our knees were hitting the seat in front of us. and sam had a little old lady that would look back when sam made an adjustment lol. and... the roof window would open and close off and on, then finally it just stayed open but it was freezing, it took 40 min of the 60 min bus ride for someone who speaks spanish to ask the bus driver to close the window... everyone was sooooo cold...it was pretty funny. |
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| view from the bus. |
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| we got our map of the area from here. |
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| trying to find the hostel.. i needed to get IN the map so we could find our way! lol (friends) |
we finally found the hostel after having a nice man help us out a little... he help in spanish but we some what understood what he was saying. :) the hostel was right in the middle of the area, very close to the restaurants and of course the beautiful water!
after we got checked into the hostel and dropped our bags off. we went to find a place for lunch, some ice cream and to see the wonderful beach! we also went to many of the shops, and went to all the churches, which are amazing buildings!
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| in front of the hostel sign... in the lobby |
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| sam and i getting the keys to the room |
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| the very simple room we slept in for saturday night... with a nice view |
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| the only picture hanging in the room..lol |
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| the common area |
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| more places to hang out and with a tv |
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| free wifi! with about 6 new net books |
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| lunch on saturday, it was very good and basically like a grilled cheese but super fresh! |
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| in the center of the town |
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| sooo blue! :) |
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| on top of the world!... or something like that |
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| view from the top of the mountain that we hiked.. i can't get over how blue and clear the water is! |
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| view from the mountain again... the is the surfing beach |
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| surfing beach up close! so many surfers but not very many waves that day |
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| sunset on the beach |
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| one of the churches |
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| the water was pretty cold! |
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| love love this church.. it was my favorite |
Wow. You are so lucky. It all looked so beautiful and fun. Love ya :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing experience you're having, Challis! I'm so glad you're taking advantage of the opportunity to venture out and see all you can while you're there!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the great pictures too!
Love,
Reid