Zarautz by night.

Our camp site is high on a hill overlooking Zarautz with a 470 steps walk down to the beach. Fortunately there is also a bus that takes is into town for 1.45 Euro, or so we thought. There were about 20 of us with high expectations to be dropped in town but at the first stop at the bottom of the hill we were all herded off the bus to make our own way. Somewhat perplexed we all trudged off as none of us spoke Spanish.

This is a very neat town with classy architecture and great use of the old town

Our first stop was the Market Hall which is named as a major highlight. Not sure I would go that far but it was very nice as markets go. A lot of high quality local produce available.

The main Town Square.

Looks like a cross between squash and tennis. Its played on a two walled court with tennis rackets and tennis ball with many rules similar to squash.

The main museum of the town is their Photomuseum. I was expecting an exhibition of photographs but was very pleasantly surprised to find its more about the history and equipment of photography over the last 200 years. After my years with Kodak and Ilford and having worked in the field for much of my life, this was a fascinating exhibition.

There was no information in English so I can’t be too specific on descriptions. This box is like a movie viewer. You insert a coin and the roll of photos flips over to create o moving image.

It makes you feel old when you see items you used and sold in professional life in a museum.

Plate camera and enlargers for photo printing.

Promotional cameras.

Remember the giraffe piano from the music museum in Barcelona. Here it appears again in ‘Gone With the Wind’.

It’s a hilly town but this is over the top. A lift servicing the apartment block from town ground level to the front door.

Down to the beach and some wonderful design for clock and thermometer.

The beach tents are popular.

Great piece of wave break sculpture. Not sure if they ever get quite that big on this beach.

While there were restaurants all over the town, this was the main eating area with about 15 restaurants competing for business. The food was excellent and the service was Spanish. Still trying to get used to that.

Tomorrow we take the train to San Sebastian. Camping spots here at the moment are expensive and hard to get so while we have a good spot at a reasonable price we will explore by public transport. Less stress than driving anyway.

David & Collette