Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Sat 28 Jun- Parque Christina Enea, Puente de la Zurriole

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Sat 28 Jun- we had coffee and pastry for breakfast.
For our walk, we crossed the 'Puente de la Zurriole' to the 'Playa de la Zurriola', where we walked along the beach on a pleasant sunny day, about 23-24 C. The beach was already crowded, though it seemed a bit cool to be in a swimsuit, much less swimming. We then walked to the 'Parque Christina Enea', a large wooded public park, with nice grassy areas where people were playing, smooth paths where many were walking, lots of babies in strollers. We walked from the north entrance to the south exit, which was a bridge over a highway and railroad tracks, then down some stairs to the river 'Rio Urumea'. We walked back north along the river walk to the 'Puenta Maria Christina', whose entrances are decorated with huge statues.
We stopped for supper at the 'Bar Amazonas' for two E10 'menu del dia' specials: 1/2 liter white wine; 'escalope con pimienntos', pescado rebozado'; salada mixte', 'espaugetti'; a bowl of good bread (fresh and tasty); 'flan' for dessert; total E20.
We continued our walk back to the hotel, where Stan entered our future destinations into the GPS and Kiyomi worked on her article.
We took an evening stroll to the Old Town for veggies, and a new book for Stan to read: a collection of stories by Richard Matheson, including 'I am Legend', for the whopping price E15. The price in the US is $15.
That evening we heard drums and music, so looked out our hotel window to witness the San Sebastian Gay and Lesbian parade.

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