Week 2.5 - WE ARE HERE (don't tell anyone...)

After all the trials and tribulations we have arrived in San Sebastian, Spain, are are settling in. Believe it or not the trip overseas was remarkably uneventful, with minor delays and ALL, yes ALL, our bags arrived.

After landing in Bilbao we were driven to San Sebastian in a van sent by the University of Navarra by a nice young man who TOTALLY ROCKED a mullet, northern-Spain style (we'll call him the mulletrockingSpanishvandrivingdude). After helping us stick our bags in the van the mulletrockingSpanishvandrivingdude drove us to SS in RECORD time (Mercedes vans can do approximately 200 mph, by our estimation) while all of us drifted in and out of conciousness due to sleep deprivation. We pulled up to our apartment and hung with the mulletrockingSpanishvandrivingdude until our keys arrived and then hauled the bags to the fourth floor of our building, which is actually the fifth floor in non-metric countries (NO, Dan is not that strong, we had help and an elevator).





Once in the apartment, we put everything away and took in the views from out our window. The apartment is on Calle Matia (Matia Street) about 5 mins from the Playa de Ondarreta (one of SSs main beaches - in the background of the pic) and in a nice neighborhood with everything close by. After doing some initial neighborhood scouting we all passed out and slept for 10-15 hours.








Since arriving we've been taking care of some basic things, getting a bank account and cell phones, meeting with the realtor to pay our "finders fee" (NOTE TO SELF - become a realtor in Spain - they get 12% OF ANY DEAL), visiting the girls' school (they'll start late this week or early next) and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, enjoying the beach (Kelsey and Dan swam to the floating swim/slide platform thingy in the background of the last pic today). We figured we needed it.



















That's it so far - hope you enjoy and expect another post at the end of this week. Ciao.