We woke up to the sound of a ships horn looked out the window to see a large barge from Portugal passing by. Breakfast was included in our stay and was delicious. We met a wonderful couple from Switzerland at breakfast and after talking with them for a while about our families, our travels and politics and tariffs that were still on at that point, we realized that when I was in Switzerland two years ago I actually walked by their house. We even found a picture of their house in my photos. While they disliked current American politics, they were quick to assure me that despite their displeasure with the US they didn’t hold the current situation against us. In fact they even invited us to visit them 😊
While this was supposed to be a shorter day, it still was intense with a lot of up’s and downs before our final descent into San Sebastián. We had some views of the city early on but then view was impaired by mountains we were walking over. It was so peaceful and quiet it was hard to believe a big city was just on the other side of the mountain
in order to start our walk today we needed to take a short pedestrian ferry across the harbor to San Pedro. From there we have another big elevation gain and another day of hiking up and down.
On our way down we ran into a couple (Jodi and Matt) from Massachusetts – Matt was grew up in Pittsfield, my home townon Adelaide Ave, and went to Pittsfield High School. He graduated 10 years after me but it was fun reminiscing about growing up there. They were out for a day hike and mini vacation on their way to visit their daughter who was studying in Barcelona. We finally made is down to sea level and it was a bit of a jolt to have the mountain trail we had been on turn into a sidewalk inn a busy city. We stopped for a bite to eat and a coffee and set off to find our pension.
After a shower and washing our clothes, we set out to explore San Sebastián. It is a really cool city with beautiful beaches and it so clean. The food was delicious as well. I definitely will return if I get the chance.
