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Leslie, a narrow street, a glimpsed church
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a very popular playground at night
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Leslie at a pinxtos bar
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Navigating San Sebastian in the evenings requires some liquid courage.
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beach
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After getting only minorly-lost, we make it to our phenomenal hotel, a renovated ironworks from the 17th century.
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the real wine cellars
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including the inevitably naughty ones
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another playground! this one wine-grape themed
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Always iconoclasts, we ended up in a beer bar for dinner during our night in wine country. In fairness, it had been practically impossible to find decent beer thus far. Plus, Leslie was in the throws of a cold and needed some heathful Franziskaner to heal properly.
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the remarkable-for-Spain beer list
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A side effect of turning our back on wine was that we had some delicious dry cider (sidra) from Northern Spain, which you pour into glasses from great height to give it some foaminess.
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landscape out the window
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Leslie uses the downtime to research and plan our next moves.
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Out the window, it starts to get mountainous.
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some Pyrenees action
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Bryan and his favorite street-sweeper
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We retreat to a well-reviewed restaurant underground for an excellent dinner.
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Wine and sparkling water, beverages of choice.
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We ordered the tasting menu.
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Bryan and a stuffed tomato
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Leslie and a thumb
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roasted lamb
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Dessert number one was something like french toast with ice cream.
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dessert number 2
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view of the street from our little balcony vent
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Our meal consisted of toast spread with various pates and a blue goat cheese blended with some of the sidra that was astringent and delicious.
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Another bull. Due to the HDR setting on our phone cameras, pictures taken while moving had some interesting effects, like this double-header.
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Photos taken out the window of a moving car never quite capture the beauty of a landscape, but that didn't stop Leslie from trying, a lot.