We spent 5 days in San Sebastian, one of the most beautiful towns we have run across on this trip. The first two days we were here it was very stormy with very high surf, which kind of made the surroundings pretty cool!
La Concha Bay from east to west.
A shot of La Concha Bay from the top of Mt. Urgull.
The Itsasadarra River splits San Sebastian in two, and is normally very calm. The swells on the day we walked aruound the river were running directly into it, and the results were pretty impressive. I was surprised nobody was trying to surf these, particularly with all of the stupid things we have seen people doing on this trip. The waves were running up river at least 200 yards.
Here are the views from our Airbnb deck. This place was truly gorgeous, and I would highly recommend it do anybody coming to San Sebastian in the future. You can even see part of the bay from the deck and the living room.
The previously mentioned Mt. Urgull on a much sunnier day. A very easy hike with great views.
La Concha Beach, in it’s normal calm state.
Crazy surfers in the very cold water.
There are all of these short, fat old people on La Concha Beach going swimming in the middle of the winter. Very strange.
This jolly fellow (no relation to the short, fat old guy in the prior photo) is known as Olentzero. According to Basque traditions, he comes to town late at night on Dec 24th and drops off presents for the kids. Sounds suspiciously familiar….
This is the beach on the west side of San Sebastian.
This is a view from the entrance to the Queen’s summer palace. Beautiful spot with gardens all around. It was sold to the City by the Royal Family so it can be preserved and used for public purposes. Unfortunately they only do tours once a week.
I have no idea what this display was about, but it’s the first Tesla we’ve seen in two weeks.
I presume this is Custer’s Last Jacket? Not sure how the light sabers fit in.
It was pouring down rain on our last day in San Sebastian, so we decided to go to the Aquarium. It was nicer than either of us expected, with a very cool fish tank that you can walk through. I’ve seen that once before in Dallas.
The thick acrylic glass made it difficult to get a decent shot of the Tiger Shark.
Just like in Monterey Aquarium….very cool jellyfish tank.
I think these fish were singing “Baby it’s Cold Outside”.
I think they call this a Harvey Weinstein fish? Looks evil enough, with a face only a mother could love.
Off to Plencia and Bilbao!