About Me

To make a long story short, I love to travel. I enjoy exploring new and exciting places, experiencing different cultures, and envisioning myself as a local. Ever since I first visited Europe in 2010, I have been infected with the travel bug, which although it can be a good thing, can be a real pain in the butt because I constantly have itchy feet. Aside from travelling, I have a passion for teaching and working with childen. In writing this blog, I hope to share my travel experiences with family, friends, and anyone else out there who may happen to come across my blog. My moto is that you only live once and that you should take advantage of every opportunity thrown your way. Life is too short to sit around doing nothing, and with that said, I am off to see the world!

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
To weep is to risk being called sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken
Because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But they cannot learn, feel, change, grow or really live.
Chained by their sevitude they are slaves who have forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is truly free.
- William Ward

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

San Sebastian - Food, Food, and more Food (and a few Drinks...or a lot)

Today's post is all about food. I love food, San Sebastian loves food, it's like we were made for each other! Even though I have been conserving my money and not eating at the best of restaurants and bars, I have had AMAZING food these past three days. Yesterday I went on a Pinxto tasting tour. When I booked this tour, the brochure said we would be visiting 5-6 bars and we would taste a few pinxtos with drinks in each bar. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much of this tour; however, I was blown away by the quality and quantity of the food we had! And even though I was taking this tour solo, I met some amazing people from New York, London, and Australia. I mostly hang around and talked with a mother-daughter duo from Australia. Their names are Emma and Vicki. We hit it of instantly; they have been traveling Europe for the past four weeks and will continue for another five weeks before they head back home. Anyways, back to the food. Now I was expecting one pinxto and one drink in each bar; to my amazement, by nights end I had eaten a grand total of thirteen different pinxtos along with 10 glasses of wine and half a glass of sidra (fermented apple cider; it's really neat because they pour the sidra from high above the glass in order to release the CO2; now in every website I visited prior to my trip, they all said to try the "famous sidra"...I'm not a fan, it smells like fish and tastes like moldy apples). Throughout the tour, some of the pinxtos we ate included: muscles in a red pepper sauce, calamari, patatas brava(which are large chunks of potatoes in a special spicy mayonnaise), shrimp skewers, smoked cod with a parsley mouse and lettuce shoot, white mushroom risotto, beef cheeks, pigs ear, steak, fried peppers, and finally, cheesecake for dessert. I can't even describe how absolutely delicious each of the pixtos were! I will definately be hitting up some of these bars again before I leave! I haven't just had fantastic food on my pinxto tour. I've stumbled upon some hidden treasures myself. One day I had lunch at this small "American" burger joint - Va Bene - which had the most amazing burger I have ever put in my mouth! So simple, but oh so good. Today I decided to go for a traditional Spanish three-course sit down lunch. It cost me €30, but who cares about the price when I can have duck confit, the largest salad imaginable, and lemon sorbet! I think tonight I am going to have hot chocolate and churros for dessert! They are amazing here; I had them last year. Tomorrow I have my Wine and Cheese tour! I can hardly wait! It should be amazing seeing how it is with the same company I took the pinxto tasting tour with. Aside from all the food, my last three days in San Sebastian have been unforgettable! I get up in the morning (I have been sleeping in until 9:30...it feels soooo good),I have breakfast, visit a park or monument, take a stroll through the old town, go for a late lunch, and then spend my entire afternoon at the beach swimming, reading, and watching FRIENDS of course ;) It is nice having time to sit back, relax, and not having any plans to follow. Sadly, I will be leaving San Sebastian on Saturday, but I am really excited to start my pilgrimage...so far my only fear is the heat! San Sebastian has had temperatures around 23-25 degrees, but there is the nice cooling breeze from the ocean. When I am on pilgrimage, I will be in the middle of nowhere, far away from any body of water...I will be sweating like crazy! I hope everyone is having a fantastic time back home. I am thinking of you all! Bye for now :)
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