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Another day in San Sebastian...

...but with Whiskey

semi-overcast 24 °C

So weather was a bit colder today, so decided to skip the beach and hike up the other side of the bay. There was an old fort and some ruins above the harbour. Also awesome views were to be had at the top.
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We then walked down the side on the peak towards the harbour, and old town. Which had some nice traditional bars with cured meat hanging from the ceiling, there rest of the town was on siesta but not this side. Lots of locals enjoying the wine and food.
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After walking around and exploring for a few hours we discovered a whiskey museum...with hundreds and hundreds of bottles...we thought it would be plain rude not to go in and I love a dram or two.
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we were not disappointed, the choice was immense and the barman super professional.

I started with 'The Glenlivet' 15 year old single malt, the honey shaded nectar was free poured into a large whiskey tumbler and the barman asked if I wanted ice or not. There must have been at least three standard 25ml shots in the glass, made a mental note to ask for a double next time!P1050413.jpg
Second drink I chose the Balvenie double wood single malt. By now I was getting the hand of this, but it was only five o clock and had about six shots so decided to move on. We then got the bus back to the campsite and made a braai and enjoyed some beers and a bit of AC/DC. About 8 other bikers setup camp as well, but they hit the town and left early.

The next day we packed down camp quick as the weather was looking stormy and headed off via Pamplona to Fiscal in the Aragon region in the mountians near the border of France. It was super windy and most got blown off the bike at one stage...the hangover didnt help. We passed a huge turquoise lake on the way and some abandoned spanish villages. We did about 250km, with the last 40km being super twisty, even got my footpegs down on the corners!

Here is the view from where I am blogging from
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PS hope everyone had a good Monday at work ;-)

Posted by XJR1300 09:20 Archived in Spain Tagged whiskey

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