Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - San Sebastian AND Premila's Birthday

   From the beginning of the day to the end Premilla was warmly congratulated on her birthday. Following  breakfast Augustin led us on a morning walk through the old town.  This is a beautiful city. We walked through the old town as the rain began. Narrow pedestrian streets with some buildings several centuries old - shops on the ground floor and flats with balconies and flower boxes. Interesting are numbers printed, large on the flats which face the central square where bullfighting used to take place and now shows are performed. Anyone may purchase a ticket for the balcony, including the owner or renter of the flat.

  I had lunch at the Basque History Museum with Bonnie and Leo before we visited the museum. I still have questions about the language, but I learned that the dictator Franco suppressed their desires for some separate identity from Spain.  I had already learned that Augustin's ten year old son is learning Basque from his parents as well as at his school. The museum displayed tools of the community when it was mostly rural. Today tge Basque diaspora in other countries is larger than here in France and Spain.

  Premilla an a few other women arrived from their afternoon at the spa with several water massaging experiences.  We dressed and joined 15 others and went to a special restaurant to celebrate her birthday. I had local white beans and beef slices and mashed fries all very tastefully prepared.

  After dinner it was still light, and went went to the city center squsre now surrounded with places to eat, look for cocktails without success. I had sangria while the five others had wine concoctions. It was another late night ending a very happy day. 

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