San Sebastian And the Lost Chicken

The trip from Madrid to San Sebastian (approx 450kms)was pretty uneventful and the country side pretty much the same all the way until about 20kms from San Sebastian , then we entered the mountains and some very beautiful scenery , very much like Switzerland or Northern Italy.

Once we were in San Sebastian and parked we were off to the Information Center to find somewhere to stay .


Next the Story of the Lost Chicken


We were in the Information Center and I say to Ruth I'm off to put some money in the parking meter . Well I arrive to where I think we left it and it's gone ( I can tell you I was gutted , I even thought about crying ) . I run up and down the street looking and was completely beside myself with worry  (thinking , what about all the motor bike gear , and everything all our clothes etc what now!! ). So off I go almost running ,  back to Ruth (with my bottom lip quivering ) . I get there ,  throw my hands up and say its gone , she says no way , I say yes its bloody gone I tell you . So Ruth say I will go have a look ( well I think , go all you bloody like  , its gone and we are screwed ) . I rush back into the Information Center and say to the staff , our car is gone . They all look at me with such concern , and say are you sure , I say yeah its bloody gone . Next they are on the phone ringing the Police , Car Tow Companies , Army , Air Force the bloody lot . After a little while they come back and say sorry its not at any of the Car Tow Companies , and we can't get the Police . I go back out side (still beside myself with worry) and wait for Ruth to come back  , from her wasted trip ( it was bloody gone , shit I had looked every where ) .
Two minutes later Ruth comes back ,  I say well i told you so ,  she says well it's right where we left it . I said are you sure ,  she says yeah right where we left it . Well I have never been so happy in my life,  even though I have just made a complete idiot of myself .  I had to go back and tell the ladies , to call off da Police and Army (which had been put on Red alert ) and that all was good . The Chicken has been found , right where we had left it  .

So the Chicken was found and all was well . Apart from my Pride, what a bloody idiot !!!!!!!

Mountain Top Hotel and below the guard dog, making sure no one is going to steal da Chicken 

Anyway there was no accommodation in San Sebastian at all for Saturday night (there was football games and rowing competitions on , the town was full to the top ). So we booked a hotel out in the Mountains about 40kms from SSebastian  it was the best so far . Fantastic views for kms over the valley below , and so quite after the big noise of the Cities (we loved it).
Next day Sunday we were off back to S Sebastian for 2 nights , again a great place by the sea beautiful , with surf beaches and lots of people , but I could live there no problem very very nice .

View from our window 

Tomorrow we are off up the cost heading  East and who knows where , just the 3 of us Ruth , Me and the Chicken ( I love my Chicken ,remember its a VW Polo one L short of a Chicken )

San Sebastian , it is just a bit foggy I suppose from the heat , it was about 25 degs