October 26 - Update

The most difficult part of this blog is to decide exactly where ‘day one’ ends and ‘day two’ starts.

Let’s start with Frankfurt which was fabulous. There was even an ‘arrivals/departure’ sign that changed the names of cities with shuffling plates! Ooh!

Much shopping ensued with the purchase of magnets, chocolates and postcards. There were other more fancy stores that carried Feragamo, Gucci, Burberry, Hugo Boss, Louis Vuiton, Dior…, well you get the rest. Sorry parents, we’d buy you any of these but alas we could not afford anything.

So two hours passed and soon it came time to leave for Bilbao. Many choristers fell in love with everything that is German in the airport (myself, Allison, included). So anyway, the Frankfurt to Bilbao plane was uneventful as most of the choir was effectively ‘clocked’ by takeoff.

We arrived in the airport (which had a delightfully ethereal look to it) and collected out bags. We then made our way to the bus. Now this was QUITE the bus. It was like a cross between a caterpillar and Shrek. THAT was high fashion bussage. The hotel we are staying at – Ametzagana, in San Sebastian – is very comfortable. It’s a lovely secluded brick housey-thing overlooking the Spanish countryside. The weather is hot, around 32 degrees Celsius. But the night should be nice and balmy. The evening meal will be served in the patio area tonight and then the ever welcoming beds await us.

……mmm…..sleep.

Allison Nicholas

AMETZAGANA