Coast to Coast

San Sebastian turned out to be the perfect long weekend getaway. We took full advantage of perhaps the last beach days we'll see this fall, and spent them on the nicest beach we've seen so far. And our timing was perfect- coincidentally, we overlapped with San Sebastian's world renowned film festival- which meant hundreds of screaming girls lining up on the red carpet to catch a glimpse of Meryl Streep, among others. Will shouted to her, hoping for an autograph, but to no avail.

Our final night we decided to climb the hill at the foot of the city. We were immediately rewarded with a fantastic view of one of the prettiest cities we've seen in our travels, and we all decided to return at some point.



It was also our first lengthy train ride since arriving in Europe- an 8 hour journey during the day on wednesday, and a 10 hour overnight return trip on Friday night. The bed cabin rivaled that of a barracks, but after we put our touch on it, it felt just like home- so much so that Gabe has since resolved to travel everywhere by overnight train.

Our other classes have also started, which unfortunately cuts into our sightseeing time, but I suppose it's called study abroad for a reason. Anyway, we always have things to look forward to- this weekend, we will be meeting up with some good friends at Oktoberfest. I'm sure we will have excellent tales from Deutschland upon our return.