San Sebastian

Today we spent the day in San Sebastian. We got up early and after an hour on the coach from San Mamés bus station in Bilbao we arrived in San Sebastian and found a coffee shop with a terrace looking up to a beautiful church/cathedral whose architecture reminded me of oxford. 

An hour later we were at the beach where got offered free ice cream on the promenade by a small ice cream stand which was doing a promotion. I went for a swim and then, after the beach we headed out to the other side of the bay: to the paine del viento, some iron statues/sculptures which are attached to the rocks and are famous, apparently. 

We had lunch with views over the beaches and the port, and then we went for a walk. There were small boat trips across to an island so we decided to get on a boat and go! After the boat we went and had some traditional basque pintxos (small tapas/plates of food) in a couple of bars and looked around the old part of the city. One man made me my own veggie pintxo for 2€!