It's Becoming Real

I leave the misty mountains of Basque Country with two decisions: 1. I am going to go to a beach town once a month or once every two months, and 2. I want to do the Camino de Santiago. The trip to San Sebastián to meet Adrienne and Adam was kind of planned before, but left to the final decision to two days before. I came on Saturday night and stayed through today, which is Monday afternoon. I am so happy because I got to put my toes into sand and swim in an ocean today - things I didn't think I'd get to do for a while. The trip was so easy and reasonable to take spontaneously that I decided I can do that for any coastal destination, hence decision #1. Decision #2 came to me as I was looking at the below view from the old fort. The misty mountains called to me and I pictured walking through them, their forests, and their villages, meeting so many interesting people, and of course having some pintxos on the way, and I decided I have to do it.

I absolutely loved San Sebastián. It's my Granada of the north. As Adrienne put it, you just want to hug and squeeze this town. Also, the pintxos stand up to their reputation. I had the best food I've had yet in Spain here. It's also really nice to see old friends. Like a care package with a warm blanket in human form. I thank them for deciding to have their honeymoon here. 
The class is done, graduation party had, and jobs applied-for. Going to start interviews tomorrow. I felt much better about the teaching this last week, so I don't feel behind anymore. And I'm loving my new apartment! (More on that in a later post.)

The mountains I was talking about

The good friends I was talking about

And this: this is happening