Lucy's European Adventure: San Sebastian

After Barcelona, it was on to San Sebastion for 4 nights. When we arrived, we could not find any accommodation. After over 1 hour of searching with 20kg packs on our back, we finally found a room but it was a bit out of the central area. We stayed at'Pension Fany' for 2 nights before finding a backpackers in the old quarter of San Sebastian (this cost 25 euro/night/person, the most expensive accommodation of our trip!) In San Sebastian we ate pinxoa, the Basque version of tapas, which was quite nice. You pick what you want from the plates on the bar, then the bar staff prepare each item for you and serve them on separate plates.
On our first full day in San Sebastian we caught a bus to Bilbao, a city quite close. Bilbao is the home of the famous Guggenheim by Frank O'Gehry. It was amazing, the entire building is clad in 0.5mm thick titanium panels, except for the areas of glass. There are no straight lines in the building either, it is made up of organic shapes and curves! The actual city of Bilbao wasn't that impressive, it is very industrial.
The next day we explored San Sebastian. We visited the churches, the summer palace of Spanish royals, the wind combs on the cliff and the fortress in the centre of the city. The next two days were lazy days. On my last day in San Sebastian I was by myself because Pat and Erin had caught the train to Valencia whereas I was catching an overnight bus. It turned out that this day had the best weather and I spent the day lying on the beach! My bus left at 9:00pm on Saturday 22 August and I arrived in Valencia at 5:00am the next morning.