So AFTER Dave & I had attended Mass, we decided to get our steps up and walk up Monte Urgull (where the Jesus Sacred Heart statue looks over the city…).
When we left the campsite before 11am (in the shade) it was “pretty fresh 🥶” so I put on layers (as I have learned to do this holiday) and I needed them as we cycled into town… But after Mass it was early afternoon – and WARM 🥵 – so quite soon – as we started our venture up the hillside – we were taking off our layers…
See the piccies below taken from viewpoints at various points on the journey – the one where I’m smiling in the red jumper – with the beach in background – I was BOILING 🥵 and wished I was in my bikini…
At the top was Jesus ✝️ (well his statue anyway) so I had a piccie taken with him 😊
AND (also at the top) there was a castle which housed a museum (which was supposedly OPEN) but which wasn’t – but luckily we weren’t that upset 😐. There were a few original canons and Dave told me to straddle one “QUICK BEFORE SOMEBODY COMES” – which I did – but the photo after is one of the bars they would have put me behind if they had caught me !!! 😂
Then we made the descent down into the “old town” and we were only going to get a coffee – and a tea for me – in the sunshine 😎 but everywhere was really busy so (especially as I needed a wee 🚾) we went inside a bar… And it had pintxos – as most of the bars in Donostia-San Sebastian do… (and as had the previous few places we had visited – Burgos, Caseres, etc.).
In my mind, I interchanged the word “Tapas” with “Pintxos” BUT…
Tapas is normally just a smaller sized portion of a main dish, served in a plate, which you eat with cutlery (and see previous piccies of meatballs, Russian salad, pigs’ cheeks, chorizo, etc.) whereas…
Pintxos is normally served on a piece of bread, served usually with a cocktail stick which you can eat in one or two bites.. (see piccies below).
And I ordered Dave a “cafe con leche” but they only had RED or GREEN tea so I ordered a Tinto De Verano (half red wine & half Lemon Fanta in this place) plus we had a few pintxos…
Then (as they had no Jerez) Dave opted for a Martini Rosso – so I had another Tinto De Verano – and we had a few more pintxos…
Then we had ANOTHER Martini Rosso and ANOTHER Tinto De Verano and one last pintxos…
Then we cycled back to The Van, had a little rest, made some dinner & watched a romcom rather than a “TRILLER” (as my Irish 🇮🇪 mother called them & loved watching) – for a change ❤️ (“Your Place Or Mine” – Reese Witherspoon & Ashton Kutcher – a bit lame (as my sister would say) but watchable…)
Accompanied with a cup of tea ☕️ & some Milka 🍫 – perfect end to the day 😊
