Friday, August 28, 2009

San Sebastian Spain PART ONE

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 :)

10 comments:

RussellsRoost said...

SO AWESOME! Can't wait for part 2!!! Love and miss you both!

Stacey said...

Your pictures are AWESOME! They look like they could be postcards!!

Tami said...

Loved the sunsets, I too can't get enough of those. Your pictures really captured their beauty. Loved the crowd on the beach. And the narrow streets.
Thanks for including us in your adventures. Love and miss you.

Love Mom

Cal said...

What a dream!

Hi! said...

What an incredible week in Spain. "Gonzo the magnificent" tour guide, lucky you found each other. They have a parade here in the US in the east called Mummers (sp) Day. I'll have to google that and see what I find about large headed puppet people walking the streets. Great posts, keep 'em comin'. Love, Irene in Bellevue

Mia said...

love it love it love it!

How fun to show up in spain just in time for the week long party!

as always sara the pictures are beautiful!

The last Unicorn said...

those pics are great and it looks like spain is a blast (as well as pretty romantic). Where did you meet this Gonzo guy from? What luck to have such a great tour guide. I love that you danced until 4am. You guys are party animals!

Happy Paws Dog Boarding said...

Hi Guys,

Amazing pictures and adventures. You have been so fortunate to meet the best people ever. What a wonderful way to see all these beautiful places that you have visited. Jess and I still laugh about the big headed people in the video! Miss you very much. Hope you had a great Birthday Austin(:

Love, Mom xxoo

Rhett Maurice Billen said...

I'm dying for surfing photos/movie. Please tell me it's coming?

Gonzo said...

Hello Walk Couple, its me the Prince!!! i have to say that this summer its been the best summer i had in a long time, you guys are great, and the same way ive been helping you, you did the same to make this month a great month...
Ive learned so many new things with both of you, and it was, or should i say, its beeing the best time...
Next episode is coming up soon... MADRID!!!
For "thoughs" (please correct my grammar, spelling...) of you who know this couple, CONGRATULATIONS, because they are great!!!
Austin and his video camera, captures and edits videos that are the best memories anyone can have, in every single video ive seen i had goose bumbs!!!!
And Sara, what can i say about her pictures... She teached me how to use my camera that i had for the last 3 years and only used the automatic, and now with Austin's and Sara's great explanation about the pupils and Shutter, I cant stop taking pictures...
Thank you very much for not staying in Santander!!!
Your Friend
Gonzo