I started off the day rushing to get ready and be at the Abando train station at 7:15 am to meet with my family. Sure enough, I was there on the dot and we took the metro to the terminus station at San Mamés. I miscalculated how much time we would need to get to the bus station so we arrived at 7:35 am but our bus wasn't scheduled to leave until 8:30 am. I was glad we were early though because I don't like to be rushing and show up at the last minute. We waited there for an hour and since I didn't eat breakfast I bought a custard filled doughnut and some tea. It was awesome! The doughnut was completely filled with custard, something you rarely find in the U.S. I immediately thought of Bobby always being disappointed with the custard filled doughnuts back home. Spanish people are definitely doing it right. When our 8:30 am bus arrived, we handed the driver our tickets and he gave us a funny look. Apparently, that bus was going to San Sebastian but it was stopping at every single town along the way so we wouldn't get there until 11:30am (compared to 9:30am). I was so confused because when I bought the tickets online it only said from Bilbao to San Sebastian. Of course, I didn't realize the arrival time because I'm a dork. I went to the ticket office and explained what happened and luckily there was a 9 am bus direct to San Sebastian. The lady was nice enough to exchange our tickets and take the 9 am bus. When I explained what happened to my family they all looked at me like "....." (Refer to the upset guy if you don't understand.) I felt like such an idiot but they were understanding because they know I'm not an experienced traveler. We arrived at San Sebastian at 10:25 am and set off on our day. Surprisingly, I didn't need a map to navigate around the city because I remembered where everything was! Our first stop was Monte Igueldo, where we took the furnicular up to see the best view of the city. It was about an hour walk from the station but since we were walking along the beach it didn't feel like it. Along the way, we stopped at the Buen Pastor cathedral, Palacio Miramar, and jardines de Ondarreta. Then we walked all the way to Puerto Viejo, which took about an hour, and ate a gigantic lunch in the same restaurant where I went with my friends. Even though they raised the price for the menu of the day it was still great! There were a lot more tourists there then in September when my friends and I went, which explains the higher prices. During lunch, Tia Georgette and Tia Valerie were having their own little party, laughing at every single thing. I think the wine was a little too much for them to handle. ;) Everyone loved their food and after lunch we explored around a bit. I was a little worried that we wouldn't have enough time to see everything but we made excellent time and managed to see everything with plenty of time to spare. I thought I had bought the tickets for 7:30pm but I actually bought them for 5:30 pm. (Note to self: double check the actual time when buying in military time.) Anyway, it was better that we came back earlier because we had seen everything and didn't have much to do. We came back back and Face Timed with some family back home for a while before I went home. I was pleasantly surprised on the way home because the night marathon was going on. I ended up participating unintentionally because I had to run in between the runners to cross the street! There were even police telling between when to run across.
When I got home, I video chatted with my parents while eating dinner and my host mom and Ignacio came in. My parents and them talked for a while before I went to bed.
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