Sept 11/13

To finish off....last night our pintxos were delish, as was the wine.
Today, after a fitfull sleep we ventured out at 9am for coffee and crossiants. YUM! Such great coffee, in small cups! Our bartender had also walked the camino in 1997 and proudly showed us his pilgrim passport and compestella! We left the coffee shop/bar to a most hearty Buen Camino ! After a short walk we found the train station that we will need tomorrow.  San Sebastion seems easy to navigate. We planned to purchase 2nd class tickets to Burgos but they were all sold out , we were able to get 1st class tickets for only 10 euros more, so we will see if the extra cost is worth it!
We had quite a long walk through the old town and on the promenade, weather was cloudy early on, but brightened up later in theday.  The bay is quite active in that there are small kayaks tossing and turning in the waves as they break on the shore.  Lots of surfers as well, all wearing wet suits.  The sand is so clean and incredibly smooth.
We visited a couple of cathedrals as well.
<We decided to have an authentic basque meal at lunch time, two kinds of fish, Dorado and Hake, both delicious, white fish, and a green salad which is basically lettuce, lovely bread, from what we understand the wheat here is not modified and could be the reason we love it so much !
We arrived back at our pension late afternoon and had a siesta till 6pm and then we were out again for the walk on the seafront, which if I haven´t said before.....is truly gorgeous.  We had a delicious cold beer and walked some more. We ended up at a bar we had visited the night before, right outside the door of the cathedral and had the best tapas so far for supper....goat cheese, walnut salad, calamari, foie gras, prawns and vino tino and blanco!  The Best !  Seafood probably caught just hours previously.
A slow wander back to our pension, La Perla, the streets were quite a bit quieter than they had been at 6 when a full band with amps was playing beneath our window.
A cup of mint tea, some email and bed, for a 7am wake up. Tomorrow our walk begins.