Today is our last full day, and the first day that Tommo has managed to have a full cup of coffee rather than a thimble with a handle on it so small that only a newborn can use.
We tried again to pay our parking fine, but apparently we have to wait until we receive an invoice from the police, this sounds like something that is going to go on forever and we're never going to be allowed back into Spain again.
On the road, Mark made this really funny joke and Steve said to remember it for when we write the blog later. Neither of us can remember it, so you'll just have to take our word for it that it was very funny.
Along the long journey we passed many speed cameras and have probably wracked up more fines, Mark blamed the Fiat 500s powerful untameable engine.
We arrived in our destination, Zarautz, a seaside town in the north that is known for its awesome food. We walked along the coast for about an hour to the neighbouring town that begins with a G. It's was a very pretty town that had many cafes with great sea views, well recommended.
We stopped for a drink, Mark ordered a Coke which would probably have been cheaper if it was the type of Coke you order by the gram and not by the glass!
We moved to a bar and Stevevordered a Vino Tinto, which is red wine. This begged the question why it's called tinto and not Rojo which was what we thought red was. We asked the barmaid who spoke good English but she didn't know. We pushed further asking what was the difference with pollo and gallina which both means chicken. She went off to ask and soon this was the discussion that everyone in the bar was having.
By the time we left, everyone in the bar knew us and we felt like a character from Cheers, where everyone knew your name. We're pretty sure that they'll be putting our photos up behind the bar soon.
We walked back to our town and grabbed a couple of starters from a bar before heading to a burger place. It was a strange way of ordering your burger in that you had to fill out a form; what bread did you want, what size burger, what toppings, etc. It wasn't the greatest burger in the world but it was pretty good.
After a couple of beers we headed back to the hotel to get an early night. We opted for a nightcap in the hotel bar, which meant that the receptionist had to open up the bar. She poured us two huge drinks, but as they were free poured they were uneven, so we got her to add more to one of them, but then that had more, so then she had to top the other one up. We kept this going as long as we could of course.
Just as we were finishing our buckets, some Dutch guys came in who worked for KLM. We joked with them for a while and then they brought us beers on their corporate card which was nice, although one was a misogynistic, racist, homophobe. Anyway, 5 drinks later we were steaming and it was 1:30, so much for our early night!
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