Good weather, great views, the best food

Our first morning in beautiful San Sebastian we had a quick breakfast of coffee, orange juice and bocodillos before heading to nearby Monte Igueldo. This steep hill on the west side thankfully has a funicular that takes you right up the top for spectacular views over all of San Sebastian. It was a stunning day for it too. It also has an amusement park up there too! So Willow enjoyed a ride on the merry go round. What a fun time!

It was approaching lunch time and Luke wanted to grab some beach action but we knew Willow was getting sleepy so Ryan and I made the 30 minute trek along the (flat!) promenade to the old town and straight back to our favourite tapas bar, A Fuego Negro. Ryan over ordered yet again, especially for just two of us, but we enjoyed a spread of wildly inventive tapas with Willow asleep under the table. I'm in love with this place.

We then went and met Luke at a bike hire shop because being the cycle nuts they are, the boys wanted to bike up a mountain the next morning to the French border. So with bikes in hand, we headed back to the apartment to watch Germany take on Sweden. Every match we've watched so far has been amazing, and it's even more exciting being in football mad Spain.

The next morning the boys successfully completed an amazing bike ride to near the French border. Contact them for further details as I wasn't there and getting Ryan to write this blog in the late stages of the trip is like blood from a stone. Instead, I was doing this...

The boys came back at about 1pm and showered before we set off back to thenold town, returned the bikes, and then oh yeah back to A Fuego Negro for the 3rd day running. We had to get Luke to experience the fried chicken and vegetable tempura we'd had the day before! Before dinner we caught another world cup match before ending up for dinner at another favourite tapas bar from 2012 called La Cuchara de San Telmo. It didn't disappoint. This time the highlights were razor clams, beef cheeks and pork shoulder.

Monday morning, another stunning day, we set off back towards the old town so that we could climb up the other hill, Monte Urgull. Ryan and I had done this last time, but this time we had a pram so needed an accessible route. Following some vague instructions we did find a long and roundabout route. We did spy a bus going up but Ryan insisted on walking. He soon regretted it as some of the hills were about a 25% gradient. But once up there, the views were again worth it. A funicular up this hill would also be appreciated though!

Once we made it back down the hill without Willows pram running away from us, we discovered a new amazing tapas place, called Atari. The pulpo (octopus) was a real highlight.

After lunch it was time for the beach! Being a Monday it wasnt quite as swarming as the weekend. I can't believe it's not even high season. ..

After the beach we went back to the apartment to watch Spain play Morocco. We couldn't get a spot in the Spanish bars as they were filled with locals, but we could hear the cheers from the windows! The game was a draw - what a thriller - as it meant Spain were through to the next round. Then a late last dinner in San sebastian. What an awesome place.