Getting further west! From Cinque Terre we hauled ass to Nice, France for a night just to break up the travel. We are gearing up for Festival de San Fermin in Pamplona, aka Running of the Bulls, and making our way West!
Nice was alright, although Bernardus realized he had forgotten his passport folder on the train with all his important documents inside, as well as the photocopies of my credit cards, etc. so we both had some running around to do in order to cancel all the stuff. It sucks, I didn't even lose my shit!
But we still made decent use of the day. Checked out the waterfront and the promenade but saw no one famous. The beach wasn't all that nice, it was actually quite rocky. Decided to hop a train to Monaco and see the rich and famous, but all we got were four-storey yachts, some high end shops, and nice cars. Oh wait, what else is there in Monaco? Monaco was pretty cool though - everyone lives in luxury. We couldn't hold Kim off for much longer, and she got her Gucci watch in Monaco of all places. Balla, shot calla! Had some French Old Country Buffet style food (Flunch) before catching our obnoxiously long night train from Nice to San Sebastian, Spain.
On the train the Canadians dominated! We had one girl from Vancouver, and two guys (Zeev and Jesse) from Vancouver/Manitoba to spend the trip with, so it was pretty fun. We slept most of the way, and when we woke up, we had traveled across France and halfway across Spain...I love what happens when we travel by night!
As we get into the San Seb station, we see Anthony and Amber, who got there the night before. They decided to follow our whole route all the way to Barcelona, so we had two more buddies on our trip. We stayed in the house of some little old Basque lady, with five beds crammed into one, but we only planned on sleeping there anyways. The Basque are definitely very patriotic, so we made a point of learning some Basque words.
San Sebastian is all about beaches! We stayed there most of the time, except for one morning where we decided to hike to the highest point in the city to see the church and the Jesus statue. Amazing views! We literally sat up there soaking it all in for about 30 minutes. That's a long time to stare at nothing. We also made plans to meet up with Sketchy (Ryan, UofC) one of my friends from conferences, and we actually met up with him too! 2/2! We all hit up a 4th of July party that was all you can drink and all you can eat, right on the beach. We got enough Sangria to feed a small country, and all for free. When we were done with our free drinks, we decided to move onto our 1.50EUR bottles of wine, affectionately known as cooking wine to the locals. Too funny. Slammed a few bottles on the beach then inside to dance to more bad American music. Met some cool people there though, these two girls Ashley and Katie, one of which gave Troy the coldest shoulder ever...
We're off to Pamplona tomorrow morning for nearly 36 hours of partying and sleeping in parks (if possible). If we make it out alive, you'll hear from me!
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