San Sebastian, Tarbes

I've been on the computer a while and have to get up early tomorrow to take a bus into the Pyrenees, but I wanted to catch up a bit on my travels. Right now I have a private room (!!) at a youth hostel that is actually a foyer de jeunes travailleurs (like a dorm, but for young people, not students), so its a little harder to meet people, but I have free internet and access to a kitchen, and did I mention my own room.

Tuesday, 5 August
Day two in San Sebastian. I (luckily) got a place in the hostel yesterday and then went out to explore the city. I was so exhausted, though, that I could barely function and so I ended up mostly napping (I took two separate ones on the beach and one in a park at the top of one of the hills). Its weird because I got much less sleep last night and I've been able to be much more active today than yesterday. Maybe my body is so used to little sleep that I couldn't function or maybe because I didn't have a whole lot to do my sleep deficit was catching up with me or maybe my body was shutting down from lack of human connection. (I did meet one person in Bilbao but we didn't hang out for that long-maybe just an hour total). Last night I ate dinner with some people and then ended up hanging out and then going out with a large group of British and Australian guys and two gals from Quebec and New Zealand.
I'm heading back to France tomorroz qnd I'm a little bit sad to be leaving Spain. I can't really put my finger on why but I think I've just had so many good experiences here and people have been so friendly. Of course; most of those people haven't been Spanish, so hopefully it will be the same. I'm also a little frustrated with my inability to speak Spanish, especially because I can often understand what people are saying, I just can't respond myself. It also makes it harder for me to eat out, especially if I don't want to stand out as a tourist. Today I got pinxtos, the Basaue version of tapas, a really good mushroom skezer and then a tortilla espagnol, which is about the only thing I can consistently eat.