Modern times

We start the day with fried eggs and coffee to beat off the hang-over from last night. After a hesitant morning we manage to go down towards La Concha. First we head to the store where T bought his bathing trousers. Maybe it's the food on this vacation, but T thinks it is just the fact that Spanish sizes are much smaller. In any event he has to swap his bathing trousers to a larger size. We then go on to have tapas and white wine and on to the beach and bathing in the great surf of the the atlantic sea. La Concha is a beach placed right in the bay of the city with rather big surfs for a tranquil and sunny day. Enough to bring out the child in both K and T and to wash out the opulence of last night.

During the last days we have fallen in love with San Sebastian. Not only because of it's admittedly great restaurants but because of the city itself and its inhabitants. It is the mix of new and old, of city  and beach, of modernity and history.

We have extended our stay in San Sebastian at the expense of going to Pinafiel in the Ribera del Duero. This we must do another time, but we enjoyed the city so much and the hotel had proved to serve the purpose of this evening, namely a high-speed internet connection.

Today is election day in faraway Denmark. We have voted in advance but still like to follow election night on Danish television streamed over the Internet. We therefore go to the hotel's restaurant. This is, true to its concept, displaying a movie on the wall of the restaurant. It is Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times. Very appropriate in every way.

T does not remember much of the menu as he is watching his smartphone for election results and of course the magic of Charlie Chaplin. The meal was nevertheless great. We had a gazpacho for starters. Then a salad with tuna, next a small prawn ravioli and the next dish was steamed cod and in the end braised pork cheeks. Two small desserts are served in each their glass. One acidly and one rich – fruity and chocolate.

All our meals in San Sebastian have been great and this was also good and even if it was not cheap it was by far the least expensive, but despite that fact great.

T stayed up all night watching the end of election night whereas K quietly dozed off thanks to the sun, water and everything good.