.................................: Euskadi.

This week we celebrated the “9 d’Octubre”, is a traditional celebration of Valencia and we had a long weekend.

My family and I took the opportunity and went to pass that days to Euskadi.

Euskadi is a lovely place at the north of Spain. Euskadi reminds me of Switerland because is as green as this country. The bad thing of this autonomous region is probably the weather, It’s almost always raining and the sun hardly ever shines, but when I went to Euskadi the weather was good, I mean, It didn’t rain until the last day.

We arrived to Euskadi the 9th of Octuber at 14.00. First we went to a village called Zarautzthat is famous because is Arguiñano’s village. Karlos Arguiñano is a famous Spanish cook. In Zarautz there is also the Arguiñano’s restaurant, called Zatetxea, so we decided to had lunch there. The food was delicious and its price surprised me because there wasn’t expensive at all. After having lunch we went for a walk along the beautiful beach that was in front of the restaurant. We sat and saw some people surfing.Then we took the car and continued the travel.

We arrived to Ispaster the village where was the small hotel where we slept all that days. The hotel was lovely. It was in the middle of a shadow. When I woke up I only could see green mountains with no roads or buildings, only trees, cows, and flowers, it was really beautiful. The hotel rooms were small and rustic. I sleept with my small brother in one of them. The room had a big wood desk, a wardrobe, two beds, a sofa, and a little television. On the walls there were some pictures and lamps. The dinning room had a big sofa and next to it there were three tables.

Next day we woke up and had breaskfast together in the dinning room. Then we went to visit fishing ports of some of the small villages, and some beaches. In all the beaches there were surfers or people with canoes. After visiting that we went to the “Ermita de San Juan de Gaztelugatxe”. The chapel was on a big mound. It was surrounded by water.

The track towards the chapel was long and hard but when I arrived to the top I saw the landscape and I liked it so much, it was incredible. Then we had dinner and returned to the hotel.

Next day we visit Bilbao(Bilbo in Euskera) and San Sebastián(Donostia in Euskera). In Bilbao we went to visit the Guggenheim. It was next to “la Ria” of Bilbao. I like the Guggenheim so much because it was really original and interesant. Then we went to visit San Sebastián. San Sebastián is more beautiful than Bilbao in my opinion, Bilbao is more industrial. In San Sebastián we visit “La playa de la Concha” and other beautiful places. After that we went to buy some souvenirs for my friends.

Last day we went to “Saint-Jean-de-Luz” a really lovely village in France. We visited itsfishing port and its shops. Everything was expensive so we didn’t buy anything. Then we returned to Spain and spent a lot of hours in the car. Finally we arrived home.

I enjoyed this travel, I liked Euskadi very much, it was like being in paradise.