We’ve just come back from
a weekend away visiting Catherine (Karen's eldest daughter) in northern Spain, hence the reason for no blog entries for the last few days. As it was a last-minute trip,
Buddy’s normal kennels were full so we had to find another. After a lot of searching, I found one with a
space just outside Droitwich and I must admit he seems to be none the worse for
being there.
We arrived at Bilbao
airport early on Friday morning and it was wet and windy but warm. The bus journey bus to San Sebastian took
just over an hour and we soon found our AirBnb after arriving and then went for
a wander around town whilst waiting for Catherine to finish work at 2.
Neither of us had been to
this part of Spain before and it was like Wales in that every sign was in two
languages, with Basque being the prominent one.
Catherine taught me a few basic Basque expressions which always brought
a laugh and smile from the barmen and shopkeepers hearing a foreigner,
especially a Brit, using their language as opposed to Spanish.
It felt like we spent the
whole weekend on one long tapas crawl but we did other touristy things such as
walking along the beaches, taking pictures and wandering round the markets.
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Opera house with
sympathetic lighting for the month of June – you can see how rough the weather
was
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One of the many tapas bars
wevisited
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It was Catherine’s
birthday on Saturday so Karen improvised a birthday cake out of a couple of
palmeiras.
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Cat’s birthday cake
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Sunday was a glorious day
and we lazed around in a bar in what was the original bull ring square. The numbers have been preserved above (what was) every
bull ring box in the square.
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Lazing in constitution
square
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Numbers above the bull
ring boxes
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We arrived back at the
boat at about 9.30 on Sunday night and fortunately no one had moored behind
us. That meant we didn’t have to worry
about running the engine so that Karen to get hot water for a shower before
work on Monday.
Other than picking up
Buddy from the kennels, I spent most of Monday catching up with admin and
working out where we will be cruising for the next month. The plan is to get to Cropredy, which is just
north of Banbury on the South Oxford canal, by the first week of August. Once we get going it will mean travelling
most days as it is 65 miles away through 120 locks. We also have another weekend away soon, Matthew’s
graduation in the Czech Republic, so that will take a few days out of the
schedule..
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Our journey for the next
four weeks
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Here are a few other
pictures from our weekend away:
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Me and Cat in a tourist
pose on Friday evening
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Cat and Karen in our
apartment
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A dessert tapas – cream horn
with an anchovy!
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The river running through
San Sebastian
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| Looking across the harbour |
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