Wow there is so much to blog about San Sebastian...i dont think i can do it in all one post.
Well Austins video pretty much captured how are first week in San Sebastian Spain was like...seriously the best time EVER! We had no idea it was Le Semana Grande when we arrived, which is basically a huge week long festival of live music, vendors, street preformers, people EVERYWHERE and the most unbelievable fire work shows every night right on the beach. And to top off the best week to arrive we also met the best person WHEN we arrived...Gonzo and thus our stay in Spain begins...
We ended up finding a place from some members of the church, they dont speak ANY English so sometimes its hard for me but Austin is pretty fluent so he is there to translate :) But they are seriously so incredibly nice and i love them and especially their little daughter Viviana or Vivi!
This is our room...Austin sleeping :)
The view outside our window...
Vivi!
Vivi again...
the family we are staying with...(Ingrid and Havier)
Right after we met Gonzo he took us to the most beautiful view overlooking our new home for the next month
So let the festivities begin.... (here are some pictures from Le Semana Grande) just a quick recap of what was on Austins Video
Lots of Pinchos (which are appetizer like foods... there in EVER bar, you just walk in and start putting stuff on a plate!)
Gonzo took us to eat some the first night we were there. We tried some pretty crazy stuff but I will get into that later...
ha ha which one is his wife?? These are some of the nicest girls that we met...some of Gonzo's friends, we were all hanging out by the pier watching a midnight surf contest
Gonzo, Cameron and Austin all geared up in their boardies to watch the fireworks in the water
All of us eating dinner on the beach before the show.... Gonzo brought some homemade sandwiches with some cheese that his family buys from the local Shepard...yes that is what i said SHEPARD....how cool is that?? It was the best cheese ever!!!
About an hour before the show the whole beach and streets literally fill up with tons and tons and TONS of people....
Amazing Sunset before the firework show....
RIGHT before the show....again so beautiful!
More sunset pictures...
AND MORE sunset pictures...i couldnt help it we were at the beach for 6 nights watching fireworks and i saw so many incredible sunsets
One of the days we were walking to the carnival and seriously 50 kids started yelling and running out of this street...we were like what the... ha ha then we saw these big headed guys running after them with balloons and hitting them it was so funny!!! and following them was a parade. Im not sure what or who those big headed guys were supposed to be, but it was funny!
Crazy crowded streets....
One of the nights we thought we should watch the firework show overlooking all of San Sebastian...so we brought some dinner..some chocolate croissants and sat and watched the show.
Dancing in the club till 4!
So pretty much for a week we had Gonzo the best guy ever show us around and really help us experience the week long party!! Carnivals, parades, live music, performers, food more food and more food and of course FIREWORKS!!!
Thanks GONZO we had the best time :)
whew...well San Sebastian part two is coming soon :)
We ended up finding a place from some members of the church, they dont speak ANY English so sometimes its hard for me but Austin is pretty fluent so he is there to translate :) But they are seriously so incredibly nice and i love them and especially their little daughter Viviana or Vivi!
This is our room...Austin sleeping :)
The view outside our window...
Vivi!
Vivi again...
the family we are staying with...(Ingrid and Havier)
Right after we met Gonzo he took us to the most beautiful view overlooking our new home for the next month
So let the festivities begin.... (here are some pictures from Le Semana Grande) just a quick recap of what was on Austins Video
Lots of Pinchos (which are appetizer like foods... there in EVER bar, you just walk in and start putting stuff on a plate!)
Gonzo took us to eat some the first night we were there. We tried some pretty crazy stuff but I will get into that later...
ha ha which one is his wife?? These are some of the nicest girls that we met...some of Gonzo's friends, we were all hanging out by the pier watching a midnight surf contest
Gonzo, Cameron and Austin all geared up in their boardies to watch the fireworks in the water
All of us eating dinner on the beach before the show.... Gonzo brought some homemade sandwiches with some cheese that his family buys from the local Shepard...yes that is what i said SHEPARD....how cool is that?? It was the best cheese ever!!!
About an hour before the show the whole beach and streets literally fill up with tons and tons and TONS of people....
Amazing Sunset before the firework show....
RIGHT before the show....again so beautiful!
More sunset pictures...
AND MORE sunset pictures...i couldnt help it we were at the beach for 6 nights watching fireworks and i saw so many incredible sunsets
One of the days we were walking to the carnival and seriously 50 kids started yelling and running out of this street...we were like what the... ha ha then we saw these big headed guys running after them with balloons and hitting them it was so funny!!! and following them was a parade. Im not sure what or who those big headed guys were supposed to be, but it was funny!
Crazy crowded streets....
One of the nights we thought we should watch the firework show overlooking all of San Sebastian...so we brought some dinner..some chocolate croissants and sat and watched the show.
Dancing in the club till 4!
So pretty much for a week we had Gonzo the best guy ever show us around and really help us experience the week long party!! Carnivals, parades, live music, performers, food more food and more food and of course FIREWORKS!!!
Thanks GONZO we had the best time :)
whew...well San Sebastian part two is coming soon :)
