Dinner and the Walk Home in the Rain!

We had made a reservation at "El Kbzon". Given the missing map, we made a stop at the Tourist information Center again to get another map on our way. Enroute, we had to walk past the part of the beach where all the surfers are having fun! It was amazing to watch how they waited to catch the waves. Many of them were amazing ... and others ... I am just giving credit to their courage and resilience in even attempting to surf!! Two of the four Canadians we had spoken to on Mount Urgull were going to take a surfing lesson today!! My hat goes off to them ... and ... I hope it went well.

But, back to our dinner reservation. The restaurant was entirely unassuming. It was very, very simple in it's decor ... BUT ... the food was EXTRAORDINARY and very reasonably priced. The old boy could not decide between all the amazing pintxos/pinchos that were available.

He started with the anchovies with homemade hummus (15/10). He thought he had had the best ever already, but this place proved him wrong. They even put caviar on them!! Then he had the roasted onion blood sausage with the apple compote (15/10). After that, he ordered the beef tongue which was roasted "slowly in red wine, beer with carrot puree and butter" (15/10). He then ordered the pork rind cracklings from Soria (with lentils and pickled red onions) ... which he also rated 15/10! And, for his final dish ... he opted to take the "cooked and roasted pork feet (with bones) and pumpkin puree, honey and old mustard." Can you guess what score he gave that delectable morsel? Yes. 15/10.

I know you are thinking that he says this about all his food ... but ... he contends that THIS unassuming restaurant produced the best meal he has enjoyed in all our time in Spain. San Sebastian is known for its exceptional gastronomy ... so maybe we shouldn't be surprised, but suffice to say ... he was a happy boy!! I ordered the Pad Thai ... which seemed like a odd menu item, but it was actually very, very, very good as well.

We also had a bottle of the region's white wine. It was a bit too effervescent for me, but it was dry ... and ... I wanted to try it.

We walked home again ... via the oceanside. And, we took a wrong turn. I had a map but thought we could find our way to the beach without it. We wanted to check in and see if the rain showers had deterred the efforts of the sand artist.

We were delighted to see that he had, in fact, completed the image ... even though one side of it was erased a bit by the rain. I caught a rainbow while we were lost.

All in all, it was a great day! A few travel mountains ... and ... one real one! We managed all of them quite well. We have one last day in San Sebastian tomorrow and then we are on the train to Sitges.

Thanks for sharing our journey ... k&j ❤️Okumaya devam et