June 19
We arrived in San Sebastián in the morning and met up with Molli to drop our stuff at the hostel and eat a delicious reja pastry with dried fruit inside and chocolate-dipped ends. Anna’s friend Jon gave us a mini tour around San Sebastián, enlightening us with historical tidbits and taking us up to the palace. There used to be rails all the way to the sea, so that the queen could go down the rails in a boat without ever touching the beach and mingling with the peasants. Rather than get caught in the parents’ march against some new industrial plant or something that’s being built, we walked back along the beach to town and got lunch of fried squid sandwiches with mayo and spicy sauce to eat at the port. We passed a group of adults doing the Spanish equivalent of line dancing in the park in a huge circle, chilled on the beach for the afternoon, got ice cream at Boulevard, and found a pintxo place for dinner. The water is super cold, but on such a hot day once I got over the shock of it, it felt good to cool off. In the evening before dinner we decided to hike up to the fortress and Jesus statue at the top of the hill, then came partway down to watch the sunset over the ocean before we ducked into the pintxo place for tasting all sorts of good food and drink.
High: Sunset on Monte Urgull talking about Viennese dancing, teaching, third year in TFA or Peace Corps, and dengue, among other things
Glitter: The gelato at Boulevard is fantastic - I got coffee and raspberry
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