Last summer day
10.02.2010
88 °F
Today is a very warm day, probably the last we will see until next summer. Today took us to the city of Tolosa which promised us the largest market in Basque Country and one of the most famous chocolate and sweet shops in Spain. We found the market, but not the sweet shop. We were probably the only tourist in town. Troy took many pictures of the fish and meat shops. At one place, they got very excited about someone taking their picture. At first I thought we were getting yelled at, but instead they wanted to pose.
It was then off to San Sabastian which is a very pretty town. Since it was close to 90 degrees, many people were at the beach. Our timing was much better today (since we learned the hard way on Thursday) and found a place for lunch near the Bastilica de Santa Maria. We then spent the remainder of the day walking around the wharf.
It is amazing how set they are with the time to eat. a late lunch is eaten between 2:00 - 2:30 pm and then everyone followed with ice cream, in cluding us. Everything then shuts down around 4:00 pm and will open around 6:00 pm for coffee or vino. No dinner until after 8:30 pm. Tonight our dinner will be meats, cheese & bread from the local market / shops.
Tomorrow we leave the beautiful and hilly Basque country for Salamanca.
I am missing home a little and everywhere I turn there is a dog.
