Rusty White, a van on tour

One of Spain's most beautiful cities, or so they say, San Sebastian, is only 50km from Biarritz, a hop skip and jump, so to speak. And yes, we are happy to agree. Not that we have seen any other cities yet, but if all of them are like this, I think we will have a very good time in Spain.  Like Biarritz, this is a place for surfers, but less pretentious, less posh, more down to earth. Which suits us just fine. The city boasts three beaches, one particularly good for surfing, the other two better suited for swimmers and harboring small, private boats. All of them very pretty and all of them can be seen from Mount Urgull. Mount is a bit misleading here, the hill is some 120 meters high. But it gives you a great view over the whole city, it's beaches and surrounding area.  La Cancha See the numbers above the doors? This place used to be a bull fighting arena and these are the numbers of the loges What's most important about San Sebastian is, that it is the heart of the Basque r...

After a very quiet night on the vineyard, we left early in the morning to drive the few kilometers to Bordeaux. My human had booked a walking tour at ten o´clock, starting at one of the largest city squares in Europe, namely Place de Quincoces, measuring 12 hectares. There used to be a palace in the 18th Century and it is now used for various forms of entertainment. The fountain on the side of this very empty place Monument aux Girondins The best hotel in town The tour guide was a young Indian, quite funny, studying to become a sommelier. During the two hour tour he dished out enough information to make anyone's head spin. After the tour, my human and a guy who also was on the tour went to the market, suggested by the guide, to find some lunch and they had nice food and a good conversation. Although the guy was American, but one of those with a brain.  After retracing some of the earlier steps to get a second look at a few buildings, my human decided to come back to me early and we...