Breakfast at the Peppermill

Back in Reno, Hotwire special for the Peppermill, looking for something more "permanent" ... one advantage of still being on a somewhat screwy schedule here is that you can take advantage of the early morning (before 6 am) breakfast special at the coffee shop, anything on the menu for $6.99. Joe's San Francisco omelet would feed at least 4 Europeans!

Where we spent our last night in Spain

With a great view of the Picos de Europa in Western Cantabria.

Gaudi building in Cantabria

In the cool town of Comillas on the Atlantic coast. Next door there were great gargoyles on a gothic church.

Road trip again

We've left San Sebastián, we rented a car planning to do day trips until Saturday, but due to the problems of parking it, and the urge to fit as much travel in as we could during the remaining few days, we moved out Friday morning, and we're now back in Santillano del Mar, after exploring the Basque Coast on the way. Tomorrow we'll probably head into the mountains of Cantabria and Asturias, maybe get to Galicia, before coming back to Santander on Sunday to fly to London for 2 days. We'll arrive in San Francisco Tuesday evening and probably take the train to Reno on Wednesday. E-mail and w-fi access will be spotty, so I'm not sure how many more blog entries there will be! But I'll post when I can.

Mt. Urgull

Last week we explored the central mountain of San Sebastian that is above the oldest part of town and offers great views of the city from the reconstructed ruins of a church/ fort/ castle. The other mountain in the background is Mt. Ulia, where there is an interesting hidden fort, Monpas, that was built during the Spanish American War to protect the coast.

On the ocean side of Mt. Urgull is an "English Cemetery" with statues honoring the volunteers who died fighting in the first Carlist War in 1833.
One interesting feature was the guide to Graffiti.

One more fiesta parade photo

Fiesta parade

There was a fiesta in our part of town over the past few days, amplified music, parades, mariachis, drummers, street fairs ... and this is a parade on our street. Our apartment building can be seen in the far distance.