Wednesday, 25 October Day 7 of our Trip San Sebastian Spain Travel day to Baztan Valley to stay in (the Posada Elbete)

 

We sat in the huge bay window of the Hotel Niza and we watched the morning walkers along along the brick pavement above La Concha beach and the San Sebastian harbor. There were gentle clouds, partly sunny and a light breeze and but already it is already 67F.

Our luggage is packed ready for the journey to -3 level parking to load up for the short drive to Elizondo. Getting up and out of the garage is a lot easier than entering and finding a parking slot with very tight turns necessary between each level. A smaller car would have been much easier on the nerves. But daylight was eventually found, and we began our journey that we did many times when we were in our 20s.

The traffic patterns in the SanSeb have changed dramatically!! We had to go deep into the city in order to exit. Jane thought she had left something back at the hotel and so Paul had to find a pull over slot so we could double check the suitcases. Issue solved, nothing left back the hotel -- continue ON!! The drive to Elizondo is a little different now than then. They have taken out a lot of tight turns and put tunnels through some of the hills. There is a lot of truck traffic so I guess it is better, It is still very beautiful, green and mountainous. Sigh… I love it!

We arranged to meet the Murrays at the Pamplona turn off restaurant we knew from years past, at two for lunch.

Menu of the day was great as usual. Afterwards we drove to the Elizondo cemetery to leave flowers at Miguel Mendi’s grave….hard to believe he died nearly 10 years ago (1933-2004 on January 6th.) We always stop by to have a chat with him! We talked to a chap there who was interested to know that Los Americanos had come back! Turns out his Mother had worked at the Gorramendi base as a server but it must have been on the Spanish side as the guys had no women serving them!

We checked in at the Posada and Belen hauled my suitcases up two sets of steps to access our room! The rooms are basic but comfortable. Siesta time and time to work on the blog before we join the Murrays at supper 8:30PM in the Posada. Ensalada Mixta, croquettes, serrano ham/cheese, bread, and drinkies. Something nice and light for the evening intake. This constant eating is really getting to me!

Off to sleep at 1000. Cannot believe it. Still recovering from the journey over I guess!