Saturday, June 28, 2008

Tue 24 Jun- Monte Urgull, pintxos, txu-txu train

Tue 24 Jun- after coffee and sweet rolls for breakfast, we took a morning walk around the base of Monte Urgull. There were nice views of the city, Isla Santa Clara, Monte Igeldo and the ocean.
We had lunch again at the hotel's Saigon restaurant: spinach salad with sesame; 2 beers; Thai noodles with seafood; sauteed soy bean noodles with vegetables.
Decided to take the txu-txu (choo-choo) train/bus (http://www.txu-txu.com/) for E4.50 each. It was more as a diversion than a need to be taken around, because we plan to walk the course later. On the way back, we stopped by the Mercado for tonight's snack and tomorrow's sweet rolls. Then stopped by a pintxos (tapas) bar and sampled 5 selections and a draft beer: tuna salad, crab & grilled pepper; octopus & cheese; skewer of anchovies and peppers, and one smothered in onion.

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