enjoying spain

i really like spain so far... granted weve only been to this little town of san sebastian. either way, it is beautiful and quite nice. the first full day we had here started with rain and ended with a run into the ocean. it was cold but lovely. we laid out on the beach for a bit. which, by the way, no women wear tops on and old men wear absolutely nothing on. we went to bed a little early that day and the next day, yesterday, was beautiful. it was sunny and warm. we walked all the way up this little mountain with a jesus statue at the top... ill have to link to it on here. it was a great walk and so awesome to see all the coast as we were heading up and then look out from the top at the ocean that seemed neverending and thinking about how far it stretches out. i really wanted to rent a boat - a kayak or something - but today it is raining again and not so beautiful. i am glad at least we had yesterday because it was my favorite day yet. last nite we came back and made dinner - weve been sauteeing lots of asparagus and mushrooms and making pasta and salad and eating little pudding deserts and such - then we headed out again at about eleven. we played on a childrens playground right by the beach and ended up meeting some other americans. we chatted for a while and then went and put our toes in the ocean again. headed back, went to bed, and woke up late today. we have been so spoiled at this hostel - hot showers every day and basically an apartment to ourselves. its a little slow here, i mean business is, and so we are often the only people in the hostel. there arent even workers there most of the time because checkin is down the street where i am now. they own three or four different parts of buildings so the travelers who stay here are spread out. its so nice though - its like we have our own kitchen and bathroom and everything. we havent even had roommates since the first nite. when we get to barcelone - we bought night train tickets so hopefully we get good sleep on the couchettes on the train - we will be in an eight bed dorm and back to roommates. same in nice. we met a couple girls in our hostel last nite that had just come from the same hostel we are staying in there and they said it was really nice so thats good to know.

i hope barcelona is as nice as this little corner of spain because i really like it a lot. it feels good to be in a small place with no metro... or subway... or tube... whatever you want to call it. we just walk everywhere and through the "old town" that is a lot of independent little shops and small bars and restaurants. its a nice pace - not busy like the city. i really enjoy not taking the metro everywhere.

i keep checking up on the nba playoffs and am not too happy to see my pistons lost game one... but its only the first game. :-) (silly samantha... i like chauncey... and damnit i have no exclaimation mark again).

thanks to david for suggesting san sebastian, otherwise we would have never ended up here.