We had a bit of difficulty finding our hostel (often the directions are not that clear, there are no road signs, the hostel is not signed, no-one speaks English etc) but eventually we found it. Then we discovered McDonalds was not far from us, so went there for lunch. We had not had McDonalds in ages!!! (I always miss my familar western takeaways when I travel).
We went and checked out the beaches - they were beautiful - white sand, clear blue water. It was so nice and sunny, plenty of people sun bathing on the sand and swimming in the sea. We also caught a Funicular train up Monte Igueldo. The view of San Sebastian from up there was AMAZING! We took heaps of photos.
There were lots of people staying at our hostel - we have meet quite a lot of Australians (cant seem to escape them, even on the other side of the world!) and also Swedish people. One night we all drank at the hostel, and then decided to have a night out on the town. That was lots of fun, was nice to meet and socialise with some new people. Us girls though had far to much to drink, and eventually found our way back to the hostel. Everyone was laughing at me, because I got sick during the night, went out on the balcony for some ´fresh air´ and then went back inside, and got into the wrong bed - it was some random girl´s bed (we were sharing a room with others). The thing is, she didnt argue, and must have instead just checked out early the next day. Everyone woke up to find me in her bed. How embarassing. I was ultimately hung over the next day and so was Brigid, we all were infact. We went to McDonalds (the best food when you are hungover) and Brigid felt sick, so she ran for the bathroom, which was full, and instead there was a line of people waiting to go in there. She couldn´t hold it in, so threw up in the hand basin infront of everyone!!! So we both lost a bit of pride that night! I think San Sebastian was happy to see the back of us kiwis!! haha.
We tried a bit of the local food in San Sebastian too. Each bar has many plates on tapas on the counter, otherwise known as pintxos here. You buy them by the piece, they are bitesized and so yummy. They have all kinds of ingredients in them!! We also tried Spanish cider called sidra. We didnt like it though. It tasted like a normal cider, with olive oil added to it. Not that easy to drink. lol.
The next evening we caught a overnight train to Lisbon in Portugal.
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