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| Seawall air holes pump up Rob. |
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| Shoreline Rocks |
When booking places to stay
Rob and Beth's preference is to book a private apartment. Of course who doesn't
prefer having a space to themselves? However, sometimes the price limit that
they’ve set for themselves doesn’t always allow for that luxury. When looking
for a place in San Sebastián, the private apartments were all priced over 100
CND per night. They considered skipping the location, but it was described as
"the most beautiful location in Spain" by so many travellers so they
decided to look further.
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| Rainy walk with Burbu |
While searching for private
rooms Rob found a few that looked promising but quickly zeroed in on one in
particular.
"Beth, all their reviews
are positive. They seem to have good ratings, the price is right, and the
location looks good."
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| Tapas lunch |
Their only hesitation about
the selection was that their potential hosts had a dog. It wasn’t that they
have anything against dogs, although they prefer cats, it was just that the
only negative experience they had while travelling was in an apartment with a
host who owned a dog.
"Alright. Lets give it a
go."
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| Beth and Burbu |
Within minutes of arriving at
Adela and Una's apartment, Beth knew they made a good decision. While Rob
wrestled with their luggage, she chatted with Adela in the hallway while
petting Burbu their black and while spotted cocker spaniel. Adela explained
that, although Burbu looked like a puppy, she was actually three years old and
that they've only had her for six months. She explained how Burbu (which is a
short form of 'bubble' in Spanish) was left neglected and abandoned in a
building before they rescued her. When they adopted her she was skin and bones,
had bald spots, was covered in fleas, and one eye was swollen shut with
infection. As she described it both Adela and Beth’s eyes welled up thinking of
how people can be so cruel to the helpless.
"Yes." thought Beth "Rob picked the right
spot."
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| Hosts and Guests |
Over the next few days of
their stay, Rob and Beth found that they had a lot in common with their hosts
despite the fact that they realized they were, indeed, old enough to be Adele’s
and Una’s parents. Both couples regularly ate meat-free meals, enjoyed
watching ‘The Walking Dead’ to which both couples formulated an eventual
apocalypse survival plan (likely as a result of watching TWD), and they both loved to travel and meet
new people.
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| Burbu |
One evening as Rob and Beth
were cooking while Adela studied for her courses in the next room, Adela poked
her head in the kitchen and announced "I love ‘The Big Bang Theory’
also." in response to overhearing them cooking with an episode playing in
the background.
"I'm not surprised."
called out Beth as Adela returned to studying.
On their final evening in San
Sebastián, the Canadian travellers finally had someone to cook for! Despite the
fact that both their hosts had to rise early in the morning for work and
school, they stayed up late eating, drinking, chatting, and playing a little
Skopa- Spanish style.
As Beth's mom insists,
travelling is as much about the people you meet as it is about the culture.
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